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VOL.  36. 


JUME     1,    1901 


NO.     1  1. 


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VOL.  XXXVL 


JUNE  J,  1901. 
CONTENTS. 


No.  II. 


The  Forest  of  the  Hague  (Illustrated) 

D.  F.  Collett  321 

How  Rachel  Found  A  Husband 

Aunt  Barbery  323 

The  Economic  Aspect  of  Luxury 

/.  H.  Paul  328 

Street  Preaching  in  London 

N.    Y.  Schofield  330 

History  of  the  Early  Christian  Church 

W.  A.  Morton  332 

Answers  to  Questions 334 

Chinese  Contempt  For  Foreigners 335 

The  Influence  of  the  Bible W. AM.  336 

Editorial  Thoughts: 

The  Centennial  Anniversary  of  Brigham 

Young's  Birth  {Illustrated)  338 


Resolutions  of  Respect  to  the  Late  Pres- 
ident George  Q.Cannon 340 

Sunday  School  Notes 340 

Ekoch John  A.  Widtsoe  342 

The   Widow's   Mite  (Poetry,  Illustrated) 

Nellie  346 

For  Our  Little  Folks: 

Jim's  Birthday Lula  348 

June  First,    Nineteen  Hundred  and  One 

{.Illustrated) L.  L.  G.  R.  349 

Denial  and  Possession  (Poetry) 350 

To  the  Letter- Box. _ 350 

I  Know  that  my  Redeemer  Lives  (Music) 
L.D.  Edwards  352 

His  Geography  ( Poetry j 353 


100  -  -  NEW  MANTELS  -  -   100. 


Importers 
and 

Dealers 
in 


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and  StOQe 


ALSO 

cement, 

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OUR  SUMMMER  SCHOOL 

opens  June  3rd,  but  you  may  enter  at  any  time. 

No  Classes.   Individual  instruction  in  all  subjects 
taught . 

We  are  the  cheapest  because  we  are  the  best. 

BOOKKEEPING.  We  have  control,  in  this  State,  of 
the  Ellis  Cabinet  system  of  bookkeeping. 

PENMANSHIP.  Vertical,  Slant,  Plain,  Ornamental. 


SHORTHAND. 
We  control  the 
Gregg.   No 
other  school 
can  teach  it 
in  Utah ,  only 
in  part,  and 
that  only  by 
subterfuge . 

TYPEWRITING. 
Touch  system. 


Judge  us  by  the  results.   The  Salt  Lake  Business 
College  supplies  more  positions  to  its  graduates  than 
all  its  competitors  combined,  10  to  1.  Why? 
Send  for  our  catalog:  it  is  free. 

SALT  LAKE  BUSINESS  COLLEGE, 
Templeton,  Salt  Lake  City. 
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Topical  Arrangement  i 


::  First  Division,  Old  Testament  Lessons  -    -    -    70  Leaflets,  60c. 

::  Second    "  Life  of  Christ  Lessons     -    -  -  31     "  40c. 

::  Third     "  Book  of  Moimon  Lessons    -    -    51     "  50c. 

::  Fourth    "  Life  of  the  Prophet  Joseph  Smith,  -  20     "  35c. 

::  Fifth      "  Articles  of  Faith  Lessons    -    -    40     "  45c. 


The  above  are  bound  in  cloth  covered  boards, 
round  corners,  subject  of  each  book  plainly 
printed  on  covers,  and  are  prepared  especially 
for  teachers  and  class  use;  each  book  embrac- 
ing all  the  Leaflets  on  the  subjects  named. 


::  Orders  for  the  above  and 
::  all  works  of  the 


Deseret  Sunday  School  Union, 
Church  Publications  and  Sun-  '; 

day  School  Supplies,  etc., 

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THREE 
Good   Reasons 

I  can  suit  you 
better  in  marble 
and  monument- 
al work  than 
anyone    else. 

I.  I  do  al! 
my    own  work. 

II.  I  am  on 
thegroundwhen 
the  work  is  put 
up  and  superin- 
tend the  erec- 
tion personally. 

III.  I  import 
direct  from  the 
quarries,  both 
American 
European. 

Write     for 
Particulars. 


Salt  Lake  Marble  &  Monumental  Works, 


and 


186  N  Street. 


C.  O.  JOHNSON,  Prop. 


SALT  LAKB  CiTY. 


DR.  S.  W.  TALIAFERRO 

The  Well  Known  Dentist, 

Has  decided  to  open  up  an  office  of  his  own 
at  No.  506  East  Third  South  Street,  over 
McCoy's  Drug  Store. 

His  old  friends  are  cordially 
Invited  to  call. 


Do  You  Know- 


That  Rushmer  the  Eye  Expert  fits 
glasses  BY  MAIL  as  perfectly  as  can 
be  done  by  personal  examination? 

That  every  pair  is  absolutely  guar- 
anteed to  suit? 

That  this  is  a  science  perfected  by 
Rushmer  alone?  Let  us  advise  you 
free.  A  stamp  will  bring  you  our 
charts  and  symptom  lists.     WRITE. 


f^USHMEl*  THE  BYE  EXPERT 

P.    0.  BOX  392,   Salt  Lakt  City. 

THE  CO-OP  SECOND  HAND  STORE, 

Samuel    Engilman,   JUanagep. 

Cash  dealers  In  New  and  Second  Hand  Furniture 
Carpets,  Bedding,  Clothing,  stoves,  Tools,  Harness, 
Saddles,  Satchels,  Trunks,  Mirrors,  Glass  and  yueens- 
ware,  Tin  and  Granlteware,  Guns,  Cutlery,  Silver- 
ware, etc. 

224-226  S    State  Street.  Salt  Lake  City. 

WHEN    WRITING   TO   ADVERTISERS  PLEASE   MKKTON    THIS   PAPER. 


ARE  YOU  BUILDING? 

If  not  perhaps  you  are 
contemplating  something 
of  the  kind,  if  so  look  up  the 

PACIFIC  LUMBER    CO., 

At  223-5  West  South  Temple  Street. 


Prompt  Delivery  and 
Satisfaction  Guaranteed. 

Save  Money.  First-Class  Treatment.  Complete  Stock. 

Common  and  Finishing  Lumber, 
Rustic,  Flooring,  Sash,  Doors. 
Mouldings,  Combination  Fence, 
Hardware,  Etc.  In  fact  everything 
In  the  building  line. 


WHOLBSHL6       HND      R9THIL. 

State  Agents  for  H.   VI.  Johns 
Mfg.   Co.   AsbtstosRoofing. 

THE    PACIFIC   LUHBER    CO. 

GEO.  B.  ROMNET,  General  Manager. 

'phone  nil.  —  • 

ItET  THERE  BE  IiIGHTI 

Don't  use  coal  oil  when  you  can 
get  a  far  better  and  safer  light 
for  less  money. 

ACETYHEHE  GAS 

Is  surpassed  only  by  daylight  In  quality, 
cheapness,  safety  and  reliability. 

All  the  llghis  in  a  Dulldlng  are  operated  from  one 
apparatus,  hence  Its  convenience. 

PLANTS  WILL  BE  PUT  IN  ON  TRIAL. 

Over  one  hundred  plants  in 
successful  operation  in  the  State. 


Here  are  some  of  them,  others  will 

be  named  on 

request : 

Farmer's  Ward  Meeting  House 

32  Lights 

Mill  Creek  Meeting  House    - 

•  15  Lights 

Elverton  Commercial  Company 

60  Lights 

Bountiful  Opera  House 

45  Lights 

Geo.  F.  Beckstead,  Rlverton    - 

23  Lights 

J.  E.  Allen,  Draper 

20  Lights 

Aaron  Garslde,  Gale 

15  Lights 

Generators  Manufactured 
and  Installed  by  «*  J*  J* 


CHA5.  P.  MAD5EN, 

FACTORY  Rear  136  JHainSt.,  Salt  ItaKe  City. 


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SUMMER    TERM. 

(JUNE,    JULY,  AUGUST.) 

fee  /b/1  Me  CWse,  $  J  0.00. 


By  the  best  known 
TOUCH  METHOD. 

SHORTHAND,  Beginning;  and  Advanced  Classes. 
ENGLISH,  Spelling,  Grammar,  Punctuation. 
CORRESPONDENCE  and  Business  Forms. 


J*     (5*     «5* 


Book-keeping 


in  all  its  branches. 


ARITHMETIC,  Advanced  and  Elementary. 
PENMANSHIP,  Slant  and  Vertical  Styles. 
LETTERING,  Engrossing  and  Flourishing,  all    by  Expert, 
Practical  Teachers. 


LATTER-DAY  SAINTS'  BUSINESS  COLLEGE, 

ON  MAIN  AND  COLLEGE  STREETS,  SALT  LAKE  CITY. 

In  the  J*  J*  J* 

L.  D   S. 
BUSINESS  COLLEGE 

There  are 

Three  Teachers  ol  Book-Keeping 

Three  Teachers  ill  Shorthand 

Tiro  Teachers  ol  Law  /-""■ 


Two  Teachers  el  P  nmanship 
One  Teacher  ol  English 


John  M.  Mills,  Shorthand. 


One  Teacher  ol  Telegraph! 


By  entering  tbe 
Summer  Term 
now,  yon  get 
six  months' 
tuition  for 

$25.00 

or  June,  July, 
tad  August  foi 
only 

$10.00. 


I).  .1.  Mc  Kae 


Miss  Sasie  Heath,  Shorthand. 


J.  H.  Evans,  English. 


(When  writing  please  mention  this  paper.) 


PRIZE  PUZZLE   DEPARTJVlEflT. 

We  are  again  overwhelmed  with  correct  answers  to  our  Rebus  of  May  1st,  as  the  following  names  will 
attest :  There  were  ten  persons  who  reported  they  had  mastered  the  solution  In  one  minute,  and  to  these  we 
will  divide  the  prize  by  sending  to  each  one  or  their  assigns  the  Juvenile  Instructor  for  six  months  from 
January  1st,  1901.  The  solution  was :  "I  certainly  shall  choose  a  Columbus  and  can  recommend  the  Columbus 
Buggy  to  any  of  my  friends  requiring  a  good  vehicle.  The  sentence  was  taken  from  a  letter  written  to  the 
Co-op  Wagon  &  Machine  Company  by  Bishop  John  K.  Winder  and  a  fac-slmile  published  in  that  number  of 
the  Juvenile  Instructor.    The  lower  22  names  have  been  received  since  publication  of  Last  number. 


ONE  MINUTE. 

Mrs.  D.  H.  Ward,  Elba,  Idaho 

Heber  C.  Galley,  Farmlngton 

LeRoy  Taylor,  City 

Lillie  Reiser,  City 

Cora  Seager,  Ogden 

Kettle  Stevenson,  City 

H.  F.  Wright,  Hinckley,  Utah 

L.  M.  Brienholt,  Redmond,  Utah 

Thos.  T.  Mendenhall,  Mapleton,  U 

J.  Leo  Parkinson,  Preston ,  Idaho 

TWO  MINUTES. 

Gertie  Waterfall,  Mercur,  Utah 
Hazel  Staker,  Butler,  Utah 
Ida  Chandler,  Willard,  Utah 
Amy  Call,  Logan,  Utah 
Ethel  Lambert,  Granger,  Utah 
Mrs.  Louisa  Shields,  Lincoln,  Utah 
Verner  Nellson,  Hyruin,  Utah 
Delia  Brandley,  Richfield,  Utah 
Wm.  T.  Tew,  Jr.,  Mapleton,  Utah 
Hazel  Dean  Golden,  Nephi 
Mrs.  Jane  Robinson,  Lake  Town  U 
Prlscilla  Swenson,  Spanish  Fork  U 
J.  L.  Workman,  Virgin,  Utah 
J.  F.  Thompson,  Fort  Brldger,  Wyo 
Mrs.  Oren  Skelton,  Randolph,  Ut 
Myrtle  Aplanalp,  Midway,  Utah 

THREE  MINUTES. 

Fred  Barker,  City 
Alice  L.  Farnsworth,  Manti,  Utah 
E.  H.  Clark,  Sprlngville,  Utah 
Mrs.  W.  G.  Davis,  Samaria,  Idaho 
Nannie  Smith,  Manassa,  Colorado 
Addle  Johnson,  Sprlngville,  Utah 
Mabel  Peterson,  Midway,  Utah 
Fred  Merrill,  Lehi,  Utah 
S.  H.  Ballantlne,  Ogden 
Jons  P.  Jonsson,  Logan,  Utah 
Martha  Stringam,  Freemont,  Ut 
Ruby  Snow,  Mapleton,  Utah 

FOUR  MINUTES. 

Mrs.  R.  M.  Harper,  Albion,  Idaho 
S.  E.  Joseph,  Plymouth,  Utah 
Eliza  Cook,  Border,  Wyoming 
Ham'l  F.  Smith,  Woodruff,  Arizona 
Lewis  W.  Larsen,  Cove,  Utah 

FIVE  MINUTES. 

Christopher  Jones,  Cedar  City,  Ut 
Jennie  M.  Rowe,  Spanish  Fork,  Ut 
Mahonri  Thompson,  Ephraim,  Ut 
Beatrice  Blake,  Sandy 
John  Wm.  Craven,  Provo  Utah 
Win.  M.  McKay,  Huntsville,  Utah 
Lucy  Jepson,  Virgin,  Utah 
Annie  M  Dalley,  Summit,  Utah 
May  Grover,  City 
Hettie  I  Irons,  Moroni 
Mrs.  Linda  Myrup,  Centerfleld 
Mina  Bird,  Mapleton,  Utah 

TEN  MINUTES. 

Albert  Harter,  City 

Mrs.  S.  Chrlstopherson,  Lehi,  Utah 

Nellie  Wilson,  Henry,  Idaho 

Andrew  Gatherum,  Provo,  Utah 

Walter  M  Ross,  Pocatello,  Idaho 

Helen  M.  Stayner,  City 

Mrs.  Emma  H.  Reeve,  Hinckley,  U 

Ida  Stacey,  City 

Mary  A.  Spry,  Grantsvllle 

C.  M.  Mlckelson,  Redmond,  Utah 

Mrs.  B.  Farnsworth,  Mt.  Pleasant 

Helen  C.  Palmer,  Aurora,  Utah 

Geo.  T.  Grover,  Garland,  LTtah 

Mildred  Telford,  Richmond,  Utah 

E.  F.  Parry,  Manti,  Utah 

Lizzie  Rlgby,  Centerville,  Utah 

Eva  M.  Peterson,  Huntsville,  Utah 

Mrs.  La  Prelle  McBride,  Pima,  Ariz 

FIFTEEN  MINUTES,  OVER 

Hettie  Allred,  Sallna,  Utah 
John  Nuttall,  Vineyard,  Utah 

Hazel  Bishop,  Kaysville,  Utah  "■""! 
Inez  G.  Godfrey,  St.  Anthony,  Ida   \s 
J.  A.  Biglow,  Eagar,  Arizona  ""ft 

Mary  Tltensor,  Bedford,  Wyoming  I 
Wilford  Ricks.  Rexburg,  Idaho  * 

Lydta  Tollestrup,  Gunnison,  Utah 
Camelia  Jensen,  Eagar,  Arizona 


Ethel  Crowley,  Leorin,  Idaho 
Maggie  M.  Hillings,  Jensen,  Utah 
George  Hardman,  Afton,  Wyo 
S.  E.  Parker,  Giles,  Utah 
Mrs.  Henry  Williams,  Clyde,  Idaho 
Polly  C.  mdd,  Kanab,  Utah 
Mary  Peterson,  Ogden,  Utah 
LeRoy  Lindsay,  Ovid,  Idaho 
Jennie  Splllsbury,  Toquervllle,  U 
Nellie  Johnson,  Parowan,  Utah 
W.  E.  Bench,  St.  George,  Utah 
Lamar  Roberts,  Wellington,  Utah 
Annie  Brewerton,  City 
Athllnda  Snowball,  Randolph,  Ut 
T.  E.  Glfford,  Sprlngdale,  Utah. 
Robert  L.  Heyborne,  Cedar  City,  U 
J.  W.  Carpenter,  Bloomington,  U 
Ada  N.  Parkinson,  Franklin,  Ida 
Thurston  P'erguson,  Lake  Shore,  U 
Mrs.  Julia  A.  Coray,  Sanford,  Colo 
R.  E.  Sainsbury,  Fielding,  Utah 

B.  Edgar  Behrinan,  La  Jara,  Colo 
David  A.  Johnson,  Moab,  Utah 
Mrs.  Emma  Phlppen,  Albion,  Ida 
Charles  Mortensen,  Brigham  UT 
Ann  Wlllardson,  Ephraim,  Utah 
Mrs.  H.  Pearce,  Washington,  Utah 
Eliza  R.Robertson,  Spanish  Fork.U 
Henry  Philips,  Porterville,  Utah 
Florence  Woodbury,  Ogden,  Utah 
John  Peterson,  Moab,  Utah 
Bertha  Bates,  Oakley,  Idaho 
James  Warner,  Uintah,  Utah 
Marion  Peterson,  Spring  City,  Ut 
H.  S.  Patten,  Midway,  Utah 

A.  Clark  Waters,  liurrvllle,  Utah 
Mrs.  Ellen  Capener.  Riverside,  Ut 
Maurice  Womnden,  Provo,  Utah 
William  Evans,  Logan,  Utah 
Ivy  WInegar,  city 
Wilford  H.  Lawrence,  Erda,  Utah 
Oscar  Fulmer,  Sandy,  Utah 
Rebecca  Lancaster,  Crescent,  Ut 
Orvln  Morris,  City 
Dora  Vance,  Provo,  Utah 
Ray  Crabtree  Idaho  Falls,  Idaho 
Radle  &  Lula  Orinsby,  Oakley,  Ida 
Ina  Erlcksen,  Mt.  Pleasant,  Utah 
Ruby  Walters,  Miller,  Utah 
Mabel  Gibson,  Ogden,  Utah 
Granville  Oleson,  Hooper,  ITtah 
Ben  C.  Fowler,  Hooper,  Utah 

C.  Scarborough,  Grantsvllle,  Utah 
William  Mortimer,  Logan,  Litah 
Mary  Kloepfer,  Providence,  Utah 
Jennie  Turner,  Logan,  LTtah 
Varenna  Hunsaker,  Honey vllle,  U 
J.  Welton  Ward,  Willard,  Utah 
Amy  Porter,  Bountiful,  Utah 
Lucy  B.  Parsons,  Salem,  Utah 

J.  Earle  Johnson,  Ephraim,  Utah 
Martin  chrlstensen,  PI.  Grove,  U 
Blanche  Williams,  West  Jordan,  U 
Eileen  Hetzler,  Ogden,  Utah 
Luther  Eggertsen,  Sprlngville,  U 
Leo  T.  Halliday,  Provo,  Utah 
Wm.  0.  Gibby,  Provo,  Utah 
Emery  Barrus,  Falrvlew,  Wyo 
Martha  Romerlll,  McCammon,  Ida 
Albert  N.  Hagen,  Mammoth,  Utah 
Wm.  T.  Borup,  Eureka,  Utah 
R.  C.  Young,  Peery,  Utah 
Mrs.  C.  R.  McBride,  Tooele,  Utah 
Edith  Bronson,  Midway,  Utah 
Wm.  F.  Mossley,  Lake  Point,  Utah 
RhodaRlce,  Farmlngton,  Utah 
Eliza  Anderson,  Moroni,  Utah 
H.  F.  Dansle,  Sandy,  Utah 
Bessie  Lee,  Ogden,  Utah 
Mary  E.  Anderson,  Huntsville,  Ut 
Pearl  Herringer,  Ogden   Utah 
Thomas  Buttler,  Buttler,  Utah 
Mrs.  Annie  Palmer, Farmlngton,  LI 
Ethel  Eyre,  Parowan,  Utah 
Lottje  Burch,  Spanish  Fork,  Utah 
Geneva  Stewart,  Benjamin,  Utah 
James  A.  Ollerton,  Parowan,  Utah 
J.  C.  Howard,  Rockland,  Idaho 
Vera  Lufkin,  Shelly,  Idaho 
Annie  Jones.  Malad,  Idaho 
C.  R.  Long,  Denver,  Colo 
Leo.  LeBaron,  Mesa,  Arizona 
Versa  Packer,  Safford,  Arizona 
Rose  Mayer,  Bonanza,  Wyoming 
Grace  Richmond,  Salt  Lake  City 
Miss  Mauretta,  Eagar,  Arizona 


Mrs.  Mary  S.  Arnold,  City 

Mrs.  Josephine  Brower,  Ora,  Ida 

Dora  Buttertleld,  Riverton,  Utah 

Ruth  A  Stowell,  Annls,  Idaho 

Eleda  Ralphs,  Landing,  Idaho 

Mrs.  J.  W.  McLean,  Falrvlew,  Ida 

Annie  Johnson,  Circle ville,  Utah 

David  Edwards,  West  Jordan,  Ut 

Hazel  Collins,  Provo,  Utah 

Louis  F.  Boyle,  Murray,  Utah 

Clara  Lewis,  I  ronton,  Utah 

Mrs.  Wm.  M.  Ellis,  North  Ogden,  U 

A.  J.  Adams,  Logan,  Utah 

Pearl  Roberts,  city 

Mrs.  Susanah  Baker,  City 

John  Dudman,  Ogden 

Nora  Nelson,  Draper 

Mortimer  Watson,  Ogden 

F.  L.  Sheffield,  Kaysville 

Elizabeth  White,  Vernon 

Ethel  S.  Tate,  Tooele 

Joseph  Lewis,  Kaysville 

Annie  Millard,  Oakley,  Idaho 

Phylis  Page,  Dayton,  Idaho 

Lucy  M.  Robinson,  Oakley,  Idaho 

Amelia  Farnsworth,  Beaver 

Uriel  O'Brien,  Layton 

Rhoda  Knowlton,  Farmlngton 

Annie  Taylor,  Ogden 

Florence  Farr,  Ogden 

Ethel  E.  sherner,  Ogden 

M.  A.  R.  Hancock,  Pocatello,  Ida 

Heber  C.  Hancock,  Ogden 

E.  E.  Branch,  Wellington,  Utah 

Edward  H.  Anderson,  Jr.,  Ogden 

John  Barton,  Kaysville 

Lorenzo  Lamont  Snow,  City 

R.  C.  Beeler,  Marriott,  Utah 

W.  H.  Moor,  Payson,  Litah 

Iva  Maude  Steers,  Blackfoot,  Ida 

Viola  Purdy,  Wilson,  Utah 

Ella  Bishop,  Fllmore,  Utah 

Violet  Wallis,  Paris,  Idaho 

Kenneth  H   Rlggs,  Colllnston,  Ut 

Mattle  Marlger,  City 

John  R.  Graham,  Falrvlew,  Utah 

Byron  Howard,  City 

Isabelle  Adamson,  Carey,  Idaho 

Mrs.  Celia  Harper,  Albion,  Idaho 

A.  F.  Sunberg,  Pleasant  Grove,  Ut 
Herman  Gerther,  City 

Delia  Jacobson.  Levan,  Utah 
John  Wlscombe,  Sprlngville,  Utah 
Chas.  P.  Farnsworth,  Hinckley,  Ut 
Bessie  Smart,  Heber,  Ut 
Lavina  Done,  Payson,  Utah 
John  Gurney,  Lehi,  Ut 
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VoL.tXXXVI. 


SALT  LAKE  CITY,  JUNE  1,  1901. 


No.  11. 


THE  FOREST  OF  THE  HAGUE. 

VAN  TWILLER  sat  in  a  huge  chair  of  ferred  to  by  Washington  Irving  in  the  fore- 
solid  oak,  hewn  in  the  celebrated  for-  going  quotation,  as  found  in  «Knickerbock- 
est  of  The  Hague.»     Our  cut  repre-  er's  History  of  New  York.»     The  forest  is  a 
sents  but  one  little  corner  of  the  forest  re-  noble  wood,  beginning  at  the  very  edge  of 


THE    FOREST   OF   THE   HAGUE. 


322 


THE  JUVENILE  INSTRUGlUti. 


the  city  of  The  Hague  and  stretching  many 
miles  to  the  south  and  east.  It  is  a  natural 
park,  that  is,  the  trees  were  not  planted  by 
the  hands  of  man.  In  recent  years  vast  sums 
of  money  have  been  expended  in  clearing 
away  the  underbrush,  planting  lawns,  making 
extensive  lagoons  and  paving  broad  avenues. 
Indeed,  few  people  in  the  world  can  boast  of 
a  more  beautiful  park  than  can  the  citizens 
of  The  Hague.  A  stroll  along  the  shaded 
walks  and  drives  of  this  sylvan  retreat,  where, 
in  summer,  the  foliage  is  so  dense  that  the 
sun  is  seldom  seen,  the  earth  spread  with 
rich  carpets  of  green  and  the  air  redolent 
with  the  perfume  of  myriad  flowers,  impress- 
es the  mind  so  deeply  that  forever  after  the 
memory  is  as  a  happy  dream.  In  the  heart 
of  the  forest  is  a  magnificent  palace,  called 
«Het  Huis  in  het  Bosch, »  meaning  the  house 
in  the  wood,  one  of  the  many  residences  of 
the  present  queen  of  Holland.  The  surround- 
ings of  the  building  are  most  picturesque, 
while  the  interior  is  marvelous  for  its  rich 
display  of  tapestry,  and  a  wealth  of  elegant 
fancy  work,  wrought  and  contributed  by 
eminent  ladies  of  nearly  every  nation.  The 
ceilings  and  walls  of  many  rooms  are  adorned 
with  striking  paintings,  executed  by  the  im- 
mortal Rubens  and  seven  of  his  most  gifted 
pupils. 

On  the  31st  of  August,  1888,  the  sixth 
anniversary  of  the  birth  of  Queen  Wilhel- 
mina  (then  only  a  princess,  as  her  father  the 
king  was  still  living,)  was  celebrated  in  the 
forest  of  The  Hague.  The  writer  well  re- 
members the  occasion,  both  from  the  splendor 
of  the  auspicious  event  and  from  his  own  expe- 
riences on  that  memorable  day.  The  greater 
part  of  the  day  was  devoted  to  a  grand  in- 
dustrial procession,  followed  by  a  parade  and 
royal  review  of  many  thousands  of  his 
majesty's  soldiers,  all  dressed  in  their  finest 
uniforms.  In  the  evening  the  whole  forest 
was  lighted,  not  with  electricity,  as  we 
would  naturally  suppose  would  be  the  case  in 
these  days  of  things  new  and  startling,  but 
in  a  manner  that  was  at  once  unique  and  in- 


teresting. Into  each  tree,  to  a  height  of 
perhaps  twenty  feet,  were  driven  a  number 
of  wires,  each  wire  holding  a  glass  filltd 
with  bear's  oil  containing  a  wick,  and  when 
all  were  lighted  the  effect  was  most  glorious. 
Music  and  dancing,  mirth  and  laughter 
reigned  until  a  late  hour  at  night,  and  never 
had  I  beheld  such  jollity,  such  revelry.  But 
there  were  at  least  two  in  that  immense 
throng  who  did  not  fully  enjoy  the  pleasures 
of  the  day,  however  much  they  reverenced  the 
little  lady  in  whose  honor  the  multitude 
cheered.  These  were  two  Mormon  mission- 
aries, who  for  some  months  had  been  laboring 
to  make  a  Gospel  opening  in  the  city  of  The 
Hague.  That  morning  they  had  spent  their 
last  cent  for  two  small  cheese  sandwiches 
and  two  glasses  of  milk.  After  much  sight- 
seeing they  returned  to  their  room,  hoping 
to  find  that  expected  money  had  arrived 
from  their  distant  home.  In  this  they  were 
disappointed,  and  the  memory  of  the  morning 
meal  was  all  they  had  for  lunch.  After  an 
afternoon  of  much  tramping,  beholding  the 
wonders  of  the  great  day,  another  trip  was 
made  to  their  humble  quarters,  only  to  again 
find  that  no  money  awaited  them  there. 
Well,  by  that  time  they  were  very,  very 
hungry  (I  know  this  quite  well,  for  I  was  one 
of  them).  They  went  to  the  lighted  forest 
in  the  evening,  and  endured  the  hunger  and 
fatigue  until  exhausted  nature  compelled 
them  to  go  home.  I  believe  if  I  could  have 
procured  a  glass  of  that  bear's  oil  unob- 
served, I  should  have  swallowed  it. 

But  far  worse  than  hunger  was  a  feeling 
of  disloyalty  that  possessed  me.  The  little 
princess  belonged  to  the  house  of  Orange, 
and  that  day  every  one  was  wearing  an 
orange  color  in  her  honor.  Badges  were 
being  sold  as  low  as  one  cent  each,  Dutch 
money,  (less  than  half  a  cent  American 
money,)  but  we  two  couldn't  buy  one  between 
us.  I  imagined  that  every  one  noticed  the 
absence  of  an  orange  color  on  my  lapel,  and 
I  was  so  sensitive  about  it,  that  all  day  I 
looked  around  to  see  if  I  couldn't  find  one 


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323 


that  had  been  dropped,  but  I  was  not  suc- 
cessful. 

The  two  missionaries  went  to  bed  that 
night  more  hungry  and  tired  than  they  had, per- 
haps, ever  been  in  their  lives,  and  they  almost 
dreaded  the  dawn  of  day,  for  they  knew  not 
a  soul  to  whom  they  could  apply  for  a  favor. 
For  a  respectably  dressed  person  to  ask  for 
something  to  eat  in  that  city  would  have 
subjected  him  to  more  criticism  than  a  sen- 
sitive person  could  endure,  and  besides  might 
place  him  behind  prison  bars.  But  what 
happened?  On  opening  the  door  next  morn- 
ing, one  of  the  boys  found  a  large  valise, 
which  had  been  brought  by  the  early  morn- 
ing express.  It  was  addressed  to  the  mis- 
sionaries, and  on  being  opened,  what  an  as- 
sortment of  the  good  things  of  life  it  re- 


vealed to  their  astonished  eyes!  Boiled  ham, 
Edam  cheese,  a  box  of  boiled  eggs,  cakes  in 
variety,  sweetmeats,  and  other  dainties,  too 
numerous  to  mention,  and  last,  but  not  least 
of  all,  a  purse  containing  several  gilders  and 
a  letter  of  greeting  from  the  good  sisters  of 
Amsterdam.  Those  kindly  souls  didn't  know, 
except  through  the  inspiration  of  the  Lord, 
that  we  were  at  all  in  need,  and  they  were 
quite  as  surprised  to  learn  how  opportune 
their  gift  had  been,  as  we  were  to  receive  it. 
This  was  a  strong  testimony  to  us  both  that 
the  Lord  is  ever  looking  after  the  welfare  of 
His  children,  and  especially  of  those  who 
leave  all  that  is  near  and  dear  unto  them,  to 
go  to  the  ends  of  the  earth,  to  bear  the  di- 
vine message  of  our  Father  in  Heaven  and 
His  Son  Jesus  Christ.  D.  F.  Collett. 


HOW  RACHEL  FOUND  A  HUSBAND. 

A  True  Story. 


RACHEL  was  the  daughter  of  Joseph 
Wheaton.  Her  mother  died  when 
she  was  twelve  years  of  age,  leav- 
ing four  brothers  younger  than  herself.  She 
being  the  only  daughter,  the  care  of  the 
family  and  home  now  rested  on  her. 

Toe  pale,  sad  face  of  her  father  made  a 
deep  longing  in  Rachel's  heart  to  make  home 
as  happy  as  possible,  in  her  childish  way. 
She  soon  learned  to  cook  a  little,  and  she  had 
been  trained  in  dish-washing  by  her  very  tidy 
mother.  During  the  summer,  Rachel  would 
take  her  little  brothers  to  school  with  her, 
doing  the  house  work  between  school  hours, 
never  stopping  to  play  at  the  close  of  school, 
as  children  love  to  do. 

«Papa  might  come  in  from  the  farm  and 
no  one  to  speak  to  him.»  She  could  not  bear 
that   thought;   he  had  always  found  mama 


there  to  greet  him  when  his  work  for  the  day 
was  done.  Thus  by  her  loving  thoughtful- 
ness  for  her  father's  comfort  and  feelings, 
she  greatly  endeared  herself  to  him.  Her 
opportunity  now  for  study  was  limited,  as 
her  evenings  were  spent  knitting  new  feet 
on  little  brothers'  stockings,  mending,  etc. 
She  learned  spinning  and  coloring  yarn,  using 
different  weeds  and  herbs  for  dyeing;  and  at 
the  age  of  fifteen  she  wove  her  first  flannel 
dress.  Being  modest  and  graceful  in  her 
manner  she  had  many  suitors  early  in  life. 

As  George  Wilson  was  leaving  to  move  to 
Arizona  with  his  father,  he  called  to  say  a 
few  farewell  words  to  Rachel. 

«Pm  coming  back  in  two  years  to  get  you 
and  take  you  to  Arizona  with  me,»  he  said, 
with  a  smile,  as  he  started  off. 

«A11  right,»  responded  Rachel,  never  mean- 


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ing  a  word  of  it  herself,  nor  did  she  imagine 
George  would  ever  think  of  it  again.  Some 
time  after  she  became  attached  in  her  feel- 
ings to  Prank  Smith,  who  was  very  attentive 
to  her.  Frank  was  not  considered  a  bad  boy, 
but  was  rather  rough  in  his  manners,  caring 
but  little  for  religion,  and  so  much  the  re- 
verse of  Rachel's  sweet  temperament  that  it 
was  very  annoying  to  her  father  to  see  her 
in  Prank's  company. 

He  would  reason  with  her,  telling  her  he 
did  not  think  Frank  a  suitable  companion  for 
her;  he  advised  her  to  ask  the  Lord  if  it 
was  His  will  for  her  to  become  Frank's  wife. 
«That  is  the  only  true  way  for  a  young  per- 
son to  find  the  right  companion,*)  he  said. 

So  Rachel  never  allowed  a  night  to  pass 
without  asking  her  Father  in  heaven  to  show 
to  her  in  His  own  way,  if  it  was  His  will  for 
her  to  marry  Frank;  but  no  sooner  would  she 
finish  her  prayer  than  she  would  think,  «0h, 
I  do  hope  it's  His  will  for  me  to  marry  him; 
he  is  so  nice  and  he  loves  me  so  dearly!* 
Thus  she  continued  praying  and  still  desiring 
her  own  will  more  than  that  of  her  Heavenly 
Father. 

She  still  labored  hard  for  the  comfort  of 
her  loving  father  and  brothers,  and  they 
thought  nothing  too  good  for  Rachel.  And 
as  for  a  husband,  why  they  thought  the  very 
best  boy  in  town  hardly  her  equal.  But  still 
she  would  receive  Frank's  attention,  still 
listen  to  his  flattering  words  and  the  many 
pet  names  he  would  call  her. 

Rachel's  father  was  now  much  pained  over 
her  devotion  to  Frank,  and  told  her  he  was 
not  pleased  with  her  choice,  neither  did  he 
think  her  Heavenly  Father  was. 

(•Rachel,  there  is  a  special  meeting  tonight; 

Elder will  be  there  to  talk  to  us;  shall 

we  go?>»  her  father  asked  one  evening. 

«Yes,  father,  I  should  be  pleased  to,»  she 
said. 

The  large  meetinghouse  was  filled    with 

anxious  listeners,  and  Elder talked  so 

good,  Rachel  felt  that  every  word  was  uttered 
by  divine  inspiration.     Speaking  on  the  prin- 


ciple of  prayer,  he  said,  «When  you  pray, 
don't  be  like  a  young  lady  I  once  knew,  who 
prayed  to  the  Lord  to  make  it  known  to  her 
if  it  was  His  will  for  her  to  marry  a  certain 
young  man,  and  always  when  she  had  finished 
her  prayer,  she  would  say  to  herself,  <Oh,  I 
do  hope  it's  His  will  for  me  to  marry  him!>» 
These  words  fell  with  force  on  Rachel's  heart; 
she  felt  they  were  spoken  for  her  special 
benefit.  She  returned  home,  firmly  resolved 
to  try  to  make  her  Heavenly  Father's  will  her 
own  will.  And  she  now  felt  that  she  would 
.be  willing  to  do  His  will,  could  she  but  know 
what  it  was. 

Six  months  or  more  passed,  Frank  contin- 
uing his  visits,  Rachel  continuing  her  prayers. 
And  now  she  had  gained  enough  courage  to 
tell  Frank  she  would  not  marry  him  unless  it 
was  the  will  of  her  Heavenly  Father,  and 
should  also  become  pleasing  to  her  papa. 

«I  don't  think  the  Lord  cares  anything 
about  it,»  said  Frank.  «If  we  are  satisfied  I 
think  He  is,  when  it  comes  to  love  matters. 
And  as  for  your  papa,  why  Rachel,  I  wouldn't 
give  a  cent  for  a  girl  who  would  not  marry 
me  independent  of  her  papa!  He  doesn't 
have  to  live  with  your  husband. » 

But  Rachel  felt  certain  the  Lord  did  have 
something  to  do  with  love  matters,  which  lead 
to  one  of  the  most  important  steps  in  life; 
and  she  continued  more  earnestly  than  before 
to  petition  her  Father  in  heaven.  Frank 
seemed  more  attentive  than  ever,  and  Rachel 
was  still  always  pleased  to  see  him. 

There  was  a  carriage  coming  into  the 
place  one  day  (something  seldom  seen  in 
those  times,  especially  in  that  out-of-the- 
way  town);  Rachel  ran  into  the  front  room 
and  looked  out  of  the  window  to  see  who  it 
could  be. 

There  was  El  wood  Curtis!  No  sooner  had 
she  recognized  him  than  a  voice  said  to  her  : 
«That  man  is  to  be  your  husband !»  This  was 
so  plain  it  was  like  a  shock  of  electricity  to 
her  soul.  What  a  change  of  thought  ran 
through  her  mind  all  in  a  minute!  «How  can 
it  be?»  she  asked  herself.  «He  is  a  stranger; 


HOW  RACHEL  FOUND  A  HUSBAND. 


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perhaps  doesn't  remember  ever  meeting  me. 
Can  it  be  possible?"  she  repeated,  walking 
slowly  into  the  kitchen,  pondering  the  matter 
over.  Father  and  brothers  were  in  the  field 
and  she  was  alone  in  her  wonder  and  amaze- 
ment. 

At  length  she  began  placing  things  aright, 
expecting  Elwood  Curtis  to  call  as  much  as 
ever  she  expected  Frank  Smith,  who  had  so 
long  wooed  her;  for  this  truth  was  indelibly 
stamped  on  her  mind;  she  knew  it  was  from 
God,  and  it  would  be  brought  about  in  His 
own  time  and  way.  Some  hours  passed,  when 
a  knock  came  at  the  door.  Who  should  it 
be  but  Frank  Smith  and  Elwood  Curtis! 

«Miss  Wheaton,  allow  me  to  make  you 
acquainted  with  Mr.  Curtis,»  said  Frank. 

«You  don't  know  he  will  come  and  take  me 
away  from  you,»  she  thought,  as  she  bowed 
gracefully.  She  set  them  some  chairs,  and 
calmly  entertained  them  a  short  time.  Frank 
asked  her  to  sing,  he  thought  her  singing  so 
beautiful,  but  Rachel  thought,  «No,  I  will 
never  sing  for  Frank  again. » 

What  a  lucky  boy  Frank  Smith  is!»  thought 
Elwood,  as  he  gazed  with  admiration  on 
Rachel's  pleasant  face. 

After  chatting  a  short  time  they  bade  her 
good  evening  and  she  was  again  left  to  pon- 
der over  the  strong  impression  she  had  re- 
ceived. 

She  did  not  ask  him  to  come  again;  he  was 
too  much  of  a  stranger,  she  thought.  True, 
she  had  heard  of  his  good  parentage,  but 
what  did  she  know  of  Elwood?  How  could 
he  ever  know  that  she  was  to  be  his  wife? 
His  home  was  over  a  hundred  miles  distant. 
«The  Lord  is  able  to  do  His  own  work,»  was 
her  next  inspired  thought. 

Several  months  passed.  Rachel  found  her- 
self really  discovering  faults  in  Frank  she 
never  saw  before,  and  she  began  to  think  she 
could  never  be  happy  with  him,  even  if  she 
had  never  met  Mr.  Curtis.  When  Frank  ac- 
cused her  of  her  indifference  to  him,  she 
would  pass  it  off  coolly,  telling  him  she  was 
in  no  hurry  to  get  married. 


Arthur  Stanton,  a  very  worthy  young  man, 
then  sought  her  love.  «I  have  waited  these 
two  years  to  see  you  forsake  Frank,"  he  said. 
«I  could  never  see  you  his  wife,  but  I  have 
always  thought  you  would  be  happy  with  a 
good  man  who  would  love  you  with  all  his 
heart;  I  think  I  could  do  that,  would  that 
satisfy  you?» 

«I  love  you  as  a  dear  brother,))  she  an- 
swered, in  her  good,  honest  way,  for  she  had 
not  forgotten  the  impression  she  had  received, 
yet  Arthur's  kind  words  found  place  in  her 
heart.  «No,  I  could  not  be  happy  with  a 
good  man  without  affection,))  she  thought. 
She  was  so  dearly  loved  by  her  affectionate 
father  and  brothers,  their  love  made  her  path 
bright  and  her  labors  light. 

After  some  months  passed,  Rachel  and  her 
father  went  to  visit  friends  who  were  work- 
ing in  the  Salt  Lake  temple  quarry.  When 
they  had  driven  some  distance,  whom  were 
they  to  meet  but  Elwood,  going  for  a  load  of 
lumber  for  his  father.  A  few  words  as  to 
the  price  of  lumber,  etc.,  passed  between  the 
two  men,  when  Rachel  felt  the  weight  of 
Elwood's  four-horse  lash,  which  he  gently 
threw  across  her  shoulder  as  he  started  on. 

How  sorry  Rachel  was  that  she  was  not  at 
home  now,  for  Elwood  might  call  on  her,  as 
he  would  pass  within  two  miles  of  her  home; 
notwithstanding  she  had  heard  he  was  pay- 
ing attention  to  another  young  lady.  Elwood 
had  also  heard  that  Arthur  Stanton  was  try- 
ing to  win  Rachel's  affections. 

The  visit  at  the  quarry  was  a  pleasant  one. 
When  Rachel  and  her  father  were  starting 
home  Brother  Sanford  said,  «Better  stop  for 
the  night  at  Uncle  Curtis',  it's  just  half  way, 
and  he'll  make  you  welcome,  I'm  sure.  He 
has  some  good  sons  too,  Rachel;  Elwood  is  a 
fine  fellow,  good  enough  for  the  best  girl 
living.)) 

«Yes,  I  guess  Elwood  is  a  good  boy,»  slowly 
answered  Rachel. 

«Boy!  No  boy  about  him,»  said  Brother 
Sanford.  «He  is  a  genuine  man  in  every  re- 
spect, and  a  Latter-day  Saint. » 


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THE  JUVENILE  INSTRUCTOR. 


Rachel  did  not  tell  her  father  why  she  did 
not  want  to  stop  at  Uncle  Curtis'.  She  did 
not  want  it  to  appear  that  she  would  like  to 
get  acquainted  with  his  boys. 

The  next  afternoon  they  were  again  pleased 
to  meet  Elwood. 

••Please  stop,  papa,»  said  Rachel,  as  she 
thought  he  was  going  to  drive  past,  although 
she  did  not  know  what  she  could  say  to  El- 
wood. She  would  not  invite  him  to  call  on 
her,  that  would  not  be  *lady-like,»  she 
thought. 

But  after  chatting  awhile  Elwood  gathered 
enough  courage  to  tell  her  that  he,  with  a 
few  other  young  people,  were  anticipating 
taking  a  pleasure  trip  out  in  their  country, 
hunting,  fishing,  etc. 

••Well,  you  catch  the  fish  and  I'll  fry  them,» 
said  Rachel,  laughing  as  she  spoke. 

••All  right!"  quickly  responded  Elwood,  with 
an  earnest,  pleasant  look  into  Rachel's  face. 

••What  a  goose  I  have  made  of  myself,» 
she  thought,  as  they  drove  on.  «He  did  not 
say  that  he  intended  to  even  call  at  our 
home.» 

Not  more  than  a  week  passed  when  sure 
enough  the  pleasure-seekers  drove  up  to 
Rachel's  door.  Lunch  was  prepared  and 
eaten,  and  they  were  off  for  the  rest  of  the 
day,  Rachel  joining  the  party. 

There  were  lovely  berries  growing  along 
the  beautiful  stream  where  they  fished,  and 
somehow  Elwood  carried  Rachel's  basket  and 
was  handy  by  whenever  she  needed  a  fresh 
bait  on  her  hook.  Altogether,  the  day  was 
one  never  to  be  forgotten. 

About  two  weeks  after  the  fishing  party, 
the  Curtis  carriage  was  again  seen  driving 
into  town. 

Elwood  was  of  a  quiet,  earnest,  religious 
disposition;  he  had  had  a  high  opinion  of 
Rachel  from  the  time  he  first  met  her,  and  it 
was  now  no  task  for  her  to  admire  him.  He 
brought  a  nice  book  to  read  to  her,  and  in 
this  way  they  spent  their  evenings  when  he 
called  on  her.  But  after  he  had  made  sev- 
eral visits  to  see  Rachel,  she  began  wonder- 


ing if  Elwood  really  loved  her.  He  had  not 
told  her  he  did,  he  had  not  called  her  pet 
names,  nor  had  he  ever  kissed  her  good  by 
on  leaving  her,  although  it  might  be  a  month 
or  more  before  she  would  see  him  again.  She 
was  so  emotional  that  she  sometimes  found 
herself  about  to  tell  him  in  some  way  how 
very  dear  he  was  to  her.  «But  no,  I  will 
never  say  that  word  to  Elwood,  never!  until 
he  does  to  me,»  would  be  her  next  thought. 

A  year  or  more  passed,  Elwood  still  con- 
tinuing his  visits,  his  reading  and  his  earnest 
religious  conversation,  and  always  very  kind 
and  thoughtful  as  to  Rachel's  comfort. 

Preparations  were  now  being  made  for  the 
wedding,  and  yet  not  a  word  of  love  had 
passed  between  them.  They  had  been  as 
dear  friends  to  each  other. 

••Must  I  marry  him  without  his  telling  me 
in  word  that  he  loves  me?»  she  thought.  Yet 
she  fancied  she  could  see  the  love  light  in  his 
expressive  blue  eyes. 

••Here,  sister,  is  a  letter  for  you,  a  love 
letter,  I  guess,»  exclaimed  little  Poster  one 
day  as  he  handed  her  a  letter. 

••Arizona  post  mark;  who  can  it  be  from?» 

••Dear  Rachel,"  it  read,  «I  expect  to  start 
for  your  country  in  the  morning.  Sister 
Sadie  is  coming  with  me.  Will  tell  you  the 
rest  when  I  get  there. 

••Your  very  true  friend, 

George  Wilson.» 

During  the  next  three  weeks  Rachel  had 
another  pleasant  visit  with  Elwood;  the  wed- 
ding day  was  set  to  be  celebrated  on  Thanks- 
giving day. 

Ten  days  or  more  passed  and  the  long 
journey  from  Arizona  was  completed,  when 
George  and  Sadie  Wilson  arrived. 

Rachel  and  her  cousin  Kate  went  out  to 
meet  them. 

••Take  care,»  said  Kate,  «I'll  tell  Elwood 
Curtis,"  as  George  was  planting  a  kiss  on 
Rachel's  cheek. 

••Tell  who?  Elwood  Curtis!  Is  that  possi- 
ble?" asked  George,  looking  straight  into 
Rachel's  face. 


HOW  RACHEL  FOUND  A  HUSBAND. 


327 


"Unhook  those  tired  animals  and  feed 
them!»  was  Rachel's  reply. 

After  supper  George  was  anxious  to  have 
a  private  talk  with  Rachel.  He  could  hardly 
answer  her  many  questions  about  the  country, 
the  beautiful  cactus,  sweet  potatoes,  etc. 

"Rachel,  I  am  very  much  suprised,»  he  said, 
earnestly,  «that  you  should  think  of  marry- 
ing one  of  the  Curtis  boys.  Elwood  is  a 
good  boy,  I  know,  but  oh,  Rachel!  he'll  never 
love  you.  I  have  worked  many  a  summer 
for  Uncle  Curtis,  and  I  know  Elwood  like  a 
book;  don't  know  any  ill  of  him.  but  he 
doesn't  know  what  love  is;  he  never  loved  a 
girl  in  his  life,  never  will;  any  good  girl  will 
suit  him.» 

He  little  knew  how  those  words  touched 
Rachel's  tender,  loving  heart;  for  she  herself 
had  often  wondered  if  Elwood  would  ever  be 
affectionate. 

«Rachel,»  George  continued,  «do  you  re- 
member the  last  words  I  said  to  you  when  I 
left  for  Arizona?)) 

«I  remember  you  joking  a  little,  when  you 
said  good  by,»  she  answered. 

«Well,  if  you  marry  Elwood  Curtis  you 
will  never  be  happy,  for  he  will  not  love  you 
enough  to  give  you  a  fond  kiss  occasionally; 
he  will  never  love  you  as  I  do,  I  can  assure 
you.» 

He  told  her  how  he  had  built  a  neat  little 
home  in  Arizona,  with  the  hope  of  winning 
her  affections,  and  taking  her  back  with  him, 
to  inhabit  it,  and  how  happy  he  had  expected 
to  be. 

Sadie  told  her  about  the  pretty  trees  they 
had  planted,  of  the  many  different  fruits  that 
grew  there,  their  grape  arbors,  roses,  etc. 
How  George  had  planted  young  trees,  and 
what  a  pretty  home  it  would  soon  be. 

When  Rachel  retired  to  bed  that  night 
she  wept  bitterly,  and  with  a  sad  heart,  she 
asked  her  kind  Father  in  heaven  to  send  com- 
fort to  her  troubled  soul,  if  it  was  pleasing 
to  Him  for  her  to  marry  Elwood. 

With   her  face   bathed  in   tears,  she   at 


length  fell  asleep  and  dreamed  she  was  walk- 
ing along  a  road  alone.  She  suddenly  came 
to  a  stop,  finding  herself  completely  sur- 
rounded with  mud,  except  the  spot  whereon 
she  stood.  «How  can  I  take  another  step; 
what  shall  I  do!»  she  exclaimed  to  herself. 
Looking  to  her  right  she  saw  Elwood  ap- 
proaching, and  reaching  out  his  hand  to  her, 
he  said,  «Rachel,  I  will  help  you,  if  you  will 
let  me."  She  put  her  hand  in  his,  and  with 
a  slight  spring,  Elwood  raising  his  hand,  in 
the  act  of  helping  her,  she  alighted  by  his 
side,  took  his  arm,  and  they  walked  along  a 
very  beautiful  path,  which  led  to  Elwood's 
home. 

When  she  awoke  morning  had  dawned  and 
she  poured  out  her  soul  in  thanksgiving  to 
her  kind  Heavenly  Parent  for  His  goodness 
to  her. 

The  following  Sunday  Rachel  attended 
stake  conference  and  heard  a  discourse  by 
President  Joseph  F.  Smith.  In  his  remarks 
he  said,  «Husbands,  court  your  wives;  court 
them  anew  every  year;  but  let  me  tell  you, 
young  men,  you  have  no  right  to  embrace  a 
young  lady,  neither  have  you  a  right  to  kiss 
a  young  lady  until  she  becomes  your  wife.» 

Again  Rachel  was  comforted  through  the 
words  of  the  servant  of  God. 

The  next  time  the  Curtis  carriage  drove 
out  of  town,  Elwood  had  Rachel  by  his 
side. 

A  large  company  went  through  the  endow- 
ment house  the  following  Thursday,  making 
it  late  before  they  could  leave  the  city. 
Darkness  came  on  before  they  had  driven 
half  way  to  Elwood's  home. 

«Rachel,  you  are  my  own  precious  darling, 
I  can  embrace  you  now;  I  have  a  right.  to,» 
said  Elwood,  at  the  same  time  planting  ten- 
der kisses  upon  her  ready  lips. 

Their  reception  was  a  very  pleasant  one, 
the  beginning  of  the  many  happy  years  they 
have  lived  together.  And  Rachel  is  still 
••frying  fish»  for  Elwood  Curtis. 

Aunt  Barbery. 


THE  ECONOMIC  ASPECT  OF  LUXURY. 


By  Prof.  J.  H.  Paul,  President  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints'  College. 


n.    THE  FARM  OR  THE  WATCH. 

IT  is  a  fallacy  to  suppose  that  money  spent 
on  an  article  of  luxury  gives  as  much 
employment  to  the  laboring  classes  as 
does  money  invested  in  industry. 

A  man  of  means  has  just  received  and  has 
in  hand  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars.  He 
has  not  decided,  as  yet,  what  he  will  do  with 
the  money.  It  has  come  to  him  as  profit  on 
a  good  investment  and  represents  to  him 
that  much  clear  gain.  What  shall  he  do  with 
this  money?  Will  it  make  any  difference  to 
mankind  in  general  what  he  does  with  it, 
provided  that  he  does  something  with  it— 
that  is,  spends  it,  no  matter  for  what?  If 
he  spends  it  in  any  way,  the  money  will  cir- 
culate and  to  that  extent  it  will  stimulate 
trade  and  industry.  Will  not  one  way  of 
spending  it  be  as  good  as  another? 

On  the  one  hand,  he  is  solicited  by  a  man 
who  has  a  little  more  property  than  the 
latter  can  manage  to  advantage.  This  man 
has  too  much  land  in  proportion  to  his  capi- 
tal, and  desires  to  exchange  a  small  farm  for 
a  thousand  dollars,  so  that  he  can  use  the 
money  on  his  other  land.  The  farm  is  a  bar- 
gain at  one  thousand  dollars,  and  will  pay  a 
good  interest  on  the  money  invested  in  it  at 
that  price. 

On  the  other  hand,  however,  the  attention 
of  the  capitalist  with  the  thousand  dollars  in 
hand,  has  been  called  to  a  new  kind  of  time- 
piece, a  watch  set  with  precious  stones  and 
regulated  with  various  costly  devices  to  show 
the  day  of  the  month,  and  to  stop  and  start 
the  watch  at  any  place,  even  to  the  tenth  of 
a  second. 

The  capitalist  does  not  need  this  expensive 
watch  at  all,  having  already  a  perfect  time- 
piece in  his  pocket,— a  good  watch  that  cost 
less  than  a  hundred  dollars,  chain  and  all. 
But  this  new  and  extraordinary  timekeeper 
has  struck  his  fancy,  and  he  is  inclined  to 


gratify  his  taste  for  what  is  novel,  intricate, 
and  expensive  by  buying  it.  He  hesitates 
whether  to  buy  the  farm,  which  will  yield 
him  an  annual  profit,  or  interest,  of  at  least 
one  hundred  dollars,  or  whether  he  shall  buy 
the  watch,  which  will  simply  gratify  his  taste 
and  yield  him  nothing  of  real  value  or  service 
beyond  what  his  present  time-piece  gives 
him. 

Any  one  can  perceive,  of  course,  that  the 
purchase  of  the  farm  will  add  to  the  estate 
of  the  capitalist  at  the  rate  of  $100  per 
year;  and  at  the  end  of  a  given  term,  say 
twenty  years,  the  farm  can  be  sold  for  at 
le^,st  as  much  and  perhaps  for  several  times 
as  much  as  he  originally  paid  for  it. 

If  he  buys  the  watch,  however,  he  will  not 
add  to  his  yearly  income  thereby,  but  will 
diminish  it;  for  the  watch  will  require  some 
repairs  from  year  to  year  to  keep  it  in  per- 
fect order;  and  at  the  end  of  the  same 
twenty-year  period,  it  will  probably  be  worth 
little  or  nothing  if  offered  for  sale. 

Clearly,  if  the  capitalist  rejects  the  farm 
and  decides  in  favor  of  the  watch,  his  wealth 
will  not  be  increased  $100  a  year;  for  he  will 
lose  the  income  the  farm  would  have  yielded 
and  finally  must  lose  the  original  price  of  the 
worn-out  timepiece,  namely,  the  $1,000  he 
paid  for  it  in  the  first  place.  As  between 
the  farm  and  the  watch,  as  far  as  the  wealth 
of  the  capitalist  himself  is  concerned,  the 
farm  has  the  advantage  of  adding  $100  a 
year  for  twenty  years  to  his  possesions  or 
$2,000  in  all;  while  the  watch  has  the  disad- 
vantage of  adding  nothing  from  year  to  year 
and  of  abstracting  a  little  for  repairs;  and  at 
the  end  of  the  twenty-year  period  has  the 
further  disadvantage  of  losing  all  its  original 
value  of  $1,000.  Since,  however,  the  farm 
is  still  worth  at  least  $1,000,  while  its  profits 
have  amounted  (neglecting  to  consider  inter- 
interest   upon   the    profits    themselves)    to 


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$2,000;  there  is  at  least  a  total  of  $2,000, 
let  us  say,  added  by  the  farm  to  the  wealth 
of  the  capitalist.  The  watch  has  taken 
$1,000  from  his  capital.  At  the  end  of 
twenty  years,  his  wealth,  and  hence  the 
wealth  of  the  world  itself,  as  will  presently 
appear,  has  been  diminished  $1,000,  if  he 
buys  the  watch,  or  increased  $2,000  if  he 
buys  the  farm.  The  difference  in  direct 
money  value  to  the  capitalist  in  twenty 
years'  time  is  represented  by  the  sum  of 
$3,000  at  the  very  least.  All  this  may  be 
clear  enough  at  a  glance,  and  not  likely  to 
be  disputed;  yet  it  has  been  thought  best  to 
state  it  here,  so  as  to  avoid  future  compli- 
cations with  this  phase  of  the  question. 

It  is  the  effect  on  the  laboring  class,  of 
the  course  of  the  capitalist,  however,  that 
this  article  is  written  to  demonstrate.  The 
question  is,  Does  the  capitalist  benefit  the 
laborer,  or  the  wage  earner,  as  much  in  buy- 
ing the  watch  as  he  does  in  buying  the  farm? 

The  watch  was  the  product  of  labor.  So 
was  the  farm.  In  the  first  case  the  labor 
had  been  bestowed  upon  a  small  bulk  of  raw 
material;  in  the  latter  case  upon  a  large  area 
of  wild  land.  The  mere  raw  material  in  either 
case  was  worth  comparatively  little,  and  less 
in  the  watch  than  in  the  farm.  This  differ- 
ence is  probably  compensated  in  another  way. 
Though  the  farm  is  less  exclusively  a  product 
of  labor  than  the  watch  is,  yet  the  farm  has 
supported  a  man,  who  has  lived  upon  it  for 
several  years  to  bring  it  to  its  present  state. 
Originally  the  farmer  may  have  paid  less 
than  a  dollar  per  acre  for  his  wild  land,  so 
that  its  present  value  is  mainly  a  product  of 
labor. 

We  can  therefore  suppose  that  the  watch 
and  the  farm  have  each  cost  about  the  same 
amount,  estimated  in  labor,  to  bring  them  to 
their  present  value  of  $1,000  each.  They 
have  each  furnished  a  like  amount  of  em- 
ployment to  the  wage-earner  to  produce  them. 
So  far  as  the  past  is  concerned,  the  capital- 
ist has  employed  as  much  labor  in  buying  a 
watch  as  in  buying  a  farm.     Thus  far  the 


amount  of  employment  given  to  some  wage- 
earner  or  laborer  is  the  same.  But  what 
about  the  future? 

The  future  of  the  two  investments  is  en- 
tirely unlike.  The  watch,  once  made,  gives 
no  more  employment,  except  the  small 
amount  necessary  for  repairs,  till  it  is  worn 
out.  It  is  like  a  thousand  dollars  dropped 
into  a  man's  vest  pocket,  there  to  lie  idle 
and  unproductive.  It  earns  nothing.  If  it 
costs  anything  for  repairs,  that  is  only  so 
much  added  to  the  total  loss.  The  watch 
slowly  wears  out  and  runs  down.  It  yields 
no  interest,  earns  no  profit,  gives  no  employ- 
ment; and  for  all  purposes  of  industry  it  is 
something  «sunk,  gone,  lost  forever.» 

The  case  of  the  farm  is  entirely  different. 
As  soon  as  the  capitalist  buys  the  farm,  he 
needs  some  one  to  work  on  it.  Usually  he 
engages  a  man  to  work  it  on  shares,  and  the 
man  *ith  his  wife  and  family  takes  up  his 
home  on  the  farm  and  cultivates  it  as  highly 
as  possible.  It  is  made  to  yield  ten  per  cent, 
or  one  hundred  dollars,  per  year  to  its  owner, 
and  to  support  the  farmer  and  his  family 
besides.  It  earns  altogether  from  fifty  to 
one  hundred  per  cent  of  its  original  cost  each 
year.  It  adds  yearly  to  the  wealth  of  the 
capitalist  and  supports  a  family  besides.  It 
gives  employment  not  alone  for  one  year  or 
even  twenty  years,  but  may  go  on  for  genera- 
tion after  generation  without  ever  finding  a 
stopping  place.  Supposing  that  the  farm 
should  become  exhausted  after  fifty  years,  it 
appears  that  the  farm  after  its  purchase  will 
give  fifty  times  as  much  employment  to  the 
laboring  class  as  the  watch  will,  for  the 
latter  gives  none  whatever  after  it  is  once 
made.  But  even  this  supposition  is  too 
moderate.  There  is  no  necessary  reason 
why  the  farm,  if  prudently  worked,  should 
ever  become  valueless  or  less  productive.  It 
is  conceivable  and  even  probable  that  it 
should  continue  to  be  a  productive  farm  for- 
ever. On  this  latter  supposition,  it  is  seen 
at  once  that  there  is  simply  no  comparison 
between  the  amount  of  employment  given  to- 


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labor  by  the  purchase  of  the  farm  in  com- 
parison with  the  amount  given  in  the  pur- 
chase of  the  expensive  watch.  The  watch 
gives  no  employment.  The  farm  gives  em- 
ployment forever.  The  watch  cost  one  year's 
labor  of  one  man  at  say  $900,  to  produce  it. 
The  farm  cost  one  year's  labor  of  one  man, 
worth  $900,  to  bring  it  up  to  a  marketable 
value  of  $1,000.  The  $1,000  paid  for  the 
watch  will  encourage  another  watchmaker  to 
produce  a  similar  expensive  timepiece.  The 
$1,000  paid  for  the  farm  will  encourage 
another  man  to  take  up  wild  land  and  make 
two  blades  of  grass  grow  where  one  grew 
before.  The  money  spent  in  each  case  is 
equal;  the  subsequent  employment  given  to 


labor  is  as  50  or  even  as  500  or  more  is  to 
nothing,  in  favor  of  the  farm. 

As  between  the  watch  and  the  farm,  there- 
fore, we  must  conclude  that  he  who  buys  the 
farm  benefits  society  in  a  vastly  greater 
degree  than  does  he  who  buys  the  watch. 

He  who  invests  in  the  farm,  the  factory, 
the  railroad,  the  mine,  etc.,  therefore  gives 
many  times,  perhaps  hundreds  of  times  more 
employment  in  the  final  outcome,  to  the 
laboring  classes,  than  does  he  who  purchases, 
for  his  own  satisfaction  or  amusement,  some 
article  of  luxury  like  a  watch,  or  fine  car- 
riage, or  any  other  costly  article  of  personal 
use. 

(TO  BE  CONTINUED.) 


STREET  PREACHING  IN  LONDON. 


IN  recalling  to  mind  the  incidents  of  mis- 
sionary life  that  occurred  several  years 
ago,  it  is  difficult  to  decide  which  of  the 
many  varied  experiences  would  be  most  in- 
teresting, and,  what  is  still  more  important, 
which  would  be  most  likely  to  strengthen  the 
testimony  and  increase  the  faith  of  those 
who  may  peruse  this  article. 

Frequently  events  that  would  appear  com- 
monplace or  even  trivial  to  the  casual  reader 
are  those  that  made  the  most  lasting  impres- 
sion upon  the  mind  of  the  missionary. 

To  be  forewarned  of  danger;  to  be  espe- 
cially blessed  with  wisdom  and  language  when 
some  great  emergency  had  suddenly  arisen; 
to  be  led  unconsciously  to  some  place  where 
one's  presence  was  urgently  needed;  to  wit- 
ness the  manifestations  of  God's  power  in 
healing  the  sick,  etc.,  these  and  similar  inci- 
dents are  the  common  experiences  of  nearly 
every  Mormon  missionary  who,  in  any  part 
of  the  world,  has  humbly  sought  for  the 
spirit  of  his  mission  and  faithfully  endeav- 


ored to  carry  the  truths  of  the  Gospel  to  the 
people. 

It  is  the  conscious  knowledge  of  the  many 
testimonies  thus  obtained  that  gives  rise  to 
the  enthusiasm  and  zeal  so  frequently  exhib- 
ited by  the  newly  returned  Elder. 

For  two  or  more  years  his  time,  talents 
and  means  have  been  devoted  exclusively  to 
the  service  of  the  Lord,  and  by  a  studious, 
prayerful,  circumspect  life  he  has  acquired 
not  only  a  personal  knowledge  concerning 
the  truthfulness  of  ^he  Gospel,  but  his 
memory  is  so  fresh  with  the  numerous  in- 
stances where  the  blessings  of  God  have  at- 
tended his  labors,  that  he  is  filled  with  earnest 
zeal  to  continue  his  efforts  in  this  direction, 
and  reluctantly  contemplates  a  return  to  the 
monotonous  routine  of  business  life. 

A  singular  feature  in  connection  with 
these  missionary  reminiscences  is  the  fact 
that  the  conditions  and  events  which  at  the 
time  they  transpired  constituted  his  greatest 
trials,  afterwards  become  the  chief  sources 


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331 


from  which  he  derives  his  satisfaction  and 
joy.  The  writer  will  not  soon  forget  the 
aches,  pains,  palpitations,  fears  and  dreads 
he  invariably  suffered  as  a  prelude  to  the 
out- door  meetings  on  the  streets  of  London; 
and  yet  there  is  no  part  of  his  mission  that 
was  more  profitable  and  that  now  affords  so 
much  pleasure  as  a  recollection  of  these  ex- 
periences. 

To  appreciate  the  situation  certain  facts 
must  be  kept  in  mind.  In  the  city  of  London 
the  plan  of  delivering  tracts  from  door  to 
door  which  is  successfully  practiced  in  other 
parts  of  England,  is  extremely  difficult  and 
almost  impossible  in  this  particular  city  with 
its  more  than  five  million  inhabitants  and 
where  several  families  live  in  «flats»  in  the 
same  house.  Experience  having  proved  this 
plan  of  preaching  the  Gospel  to  be  almost 
impracticable,  the  question  arises  how,  then, 
shall  we  reach  the  people?  They  will  not 
come  to  our  regular  meetings,  except,  per- 
chance, a  straggling  stranger  or  the  few  who 
are  occasionally  invited  by  personal  friends. 
The  only  alternative  under  the  circumstances 
is  to  adopt  the  philosophy  of  Mahomet,  who, 
when  the  mountain  refused  to  come  to  him, 
wisely  concluded  he  would  go  to  the  moun- 
tain; and  accordingly  during  the  summer 
months  almost  every  evening  out-door  meet- 
ings were  held  in  different  parts  of  the  city. 

Brother  Henry  Ballard  of  Logan  (who  pre- 
sided over  the  London  Conference  at  this 
time)  with  several  young  brethren,  including 
the  writer,  would  have  prayers  in  our  «office,» 
and  then  dividing  up  in  two's,  so  as  to  hold 
several  meetings  the  same  evening,  we  would 
separate  for  this  purpose  after  having  wished 
each  other  success.  With  Brothers  D.  H. 
Morris,  of  St.  George;  E.  D.  Clyde,  of  Heber 
City;  Lewis  M.  Cannon  and  William  Wood,  Jr., 
of  this  city,  occasionally  aided  by  other 
brethren  who  were  temporarily  with  us,  the 
writer  has  taken  part  in  more  than  fice  hun- 
dred out-door  meetings  of  this  kind,  each 
one  of  which  furnished  some  special  incident 
to  make  it  interesting. 


A  writer  has  said  there  are  two  requisites 
for  a  man  to  become  a  speaker.  First,  he 
must  have  something  to  say;  second  the 
power  to  say  it.  In  our  case,  however,  we 
discovered  a  third  requisite,  viz.,  an  audience. 
This  seemed  to  us  to  be  quite  important  and 
usually  proved  our  greatest  task.  The  thought 
(often  realized)  of  standing  on  the  corner  of 
a  public  thoroughfare  alone  and  bare  headed, 
•(crying  with  a  loud  voice»  to  a  walking  con- 
gregation for  fifteen  or  twenty  minutes,  with- 
out a  soul  stopping  to  ascertain  who  we  were 
or  the  nature  of  our  business,  was  an  experi- 
ence that  required  both  physical  and  moral 
courage. 

The  idea  that  some  men,  purely  for  the 
love  of  mankind,  would  endure  the  scoffs  and 
sneers  of  the  multitude,  never  occurs  to  the 
average  mind.  The  moment  you  are  observed 
addressing  the  passers  by,  ninety- nine  out  of 
every  one  hundred  immediately  conclude  you 
are  either  a  religious  «crank»  or  that  you 
have  some  money  scheme  you  want  to  spring 
on  them,  and  as  they  have  no  use  for  either, 
they  heed  not  the  fluttering  heart,  the  earn- 
est voice,  and  the  genuine,  unselfish  motive 
of  the  Mormon  Elder,  but  with  a  smile  of 
derision  or  a  look  of  pity — they  pa3s  on. 
Finally,  however,  perseverance  is  rewarded. 
Two  or  three  curious  ones  will  stop  long 
enough  to  induce  a  few  others  to  follow  suit, 
and  thus  the  numbers  rapidly  increase,  and 
once  gathered,  we  never  failed  to  hold 
them. 

On  one  occasion  Brother  Morris  and  my- 
self having  selected  a  suitable  place  to  «hold 
forth,"  we  took  off  our  hats  and  commenced 
singing  from  our  hymn-book,  "The  time  is  far 
spent,»  etc.,  and  to  our  surprise  and  pleasure 
half  a  dozen  or  more  stood  about  a  rod  away, 
and  it  really  looked  as  though  we  would  have 
an  audience  without  much  trouble.  We  felt 
very  much  encouraged  with  the  prospect  and 
were  anxious  to  get  through  and  commence 
speaking  before  they  should  change  their 
minds  and  leave  us.  At  this  moment  a  win- 
dow above  us  was  opened  and  some  charita- 


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THE  JUVENILE  INSTRUCTOR. 


ble  soul  threw  at  our  feet  three  or  four  cop- 
pers. 

This  was  the  first  time  in  my  life  that  I 
ever  felt  a  real  genuine  contempt  for  money. 
If  we  had  picked  up  the  coppers  our  congre- 
gation would  have  scattered  instantly,  sus- 
pecting that  they  would  be  assessed  next. 

When  they  observed  we  paid  no  attention 
to  the  wealth  around  us,  and  allowed  the 
children  to  scramble  for  it,  this  made  them 
still  more  curious.  Drawing  closer,  their 
attitude  and  interest  soon  attracted  others, 
and  in  a  few  minutes  we  had  a  splendid  au- 


dience. Our  method  was,  that  the  first 
speaker  after  treating  upon  the  first  princi- 
ples—faith, repentance,  baptism,  etc.,  should 
then  urge  the  hearers  to  remain  and  hear  his 
companion,  as  he  had  a  special  message  that 
was  of  great  interest  and  importance  to 
them.  Thus  introduced  his  companion  would 
prove  the  general  apostasy  from  the  true 
Gospel  and  invariably  conclude  in  bearing 
testimony  to  the  restoration  of  the  Gospel 
through  the  Prophet  Joseph  Smith. 

N.  Y.  Schofield. 

I  TO    BE   CONTINUED  ) 


HISTORY  OF  THE  EARLY  CHRISTIAN  CHURCH. 


FOR  YOUNG  PEOPLE. 


CHAPTER  XI. 


Paul  at  Ephesus — Rebaptism  of  Supposed  Con- 
verts— Miracles  Performed  by  Paul — Sceva's 
Sons,  in  Trying  to  Cast  out  an  Evil  Spirit, 
are  Overcome  and  Beaten — Opposition  of 
Demetrius — From  Ephesus  to  Greece — The 
Return  Journey  —  Through  Macedonia  to 
Troas — From  Troas  to  Miletus — Paul's  Ad- 
dress at  Miletus. 

ON  paying  a  second  visit  to  Ephesus, 
Paul  met  a  number  of  people  there 
who  professed  to  have  been  baptized 
with  the  baptism  of  John;  but  on  being 
questioned  by  the  Apostle  if  they  had  received 
the  Holy  Ghost  since  they  believed,  they  an- 
swered that  they  had  not  even  heard  of  the 
Holy  Ghost. 

Now  these  people  could  not  have  been  bap- 
tized with  the  baptism  of  John,  for  the  Bap- 
tist told  those  whom  he  baptized  that  they 
would  afterwards  receive  the  Holy  Ghost. 
Paul  preached  the  Gospel  of  Christ  to  these 
people,  and  they  requested  him  to  baptize 


them,  which  he  did,  and  afterwards  confirmed 
them  and  conferred  upon  them  the  Holy  Gho3t 
by  the  laying  on  of  hands.  As  soon  as  he 
had  done  this,  they  began  to  speak  with  new 
tongues  and  to  prophesy. 

Paul  remained  in  Ephesus  for  the  space  of 
three  months.  He  preached  often  in  the 
synagogue,  and  discussed  daily  in  the  schools 
of  the  learned  men.  He  was  filled  with  the 
power  of  God,  and  the  Lord  wrought  special 
miracles  by  his  hands,  so  that  from  his  body 
were  brought,  unto  the  sick,  handkerchiefs 
or  aprons,  and  the  diseases  departed  from 
them,  and  the  evil  spirits  went  out  of  them. 

One  day  seven  wicked  men,  the  sons  of  a 
Jew  named  Sceva,  took  it  upon  themselves  to 
try  to  cast  an  evil  spirit  out  of  a  man  who 
was  possessed.  They  commanded  the  evil 
spirit,  in  the  name  of  Jesus,  whom  Paul 
preached,  to  come  out  of  the  man.  But  the 
demon  would  not  obey  them.  «Jesus,  I  know,» 
said  he,  «and  Paul  I  know,  but  who  are  ye?» 
And  the  man  in  whom  the  evil  spirit  was, 
leaped  on  them,  and  overcame  them,  so  that 


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333 


they  fled  out  of  the  house  naked  and  wounded.* 
No  man  can  legally  administer  in  the  ordi- 
nances of  the  Gospel,  nor  act  in  the  name  of 
the  Lord,  except  he  be  called  of  God,  and  be 
ordained  by  those  who  are  in  authority  to 
preach  the  Gospel  and  administer  in  the  ordi- 
nances thereof. 

In  the  city  of  Ephesus  there  were  a  num- 
ber of  silversmiths,  who  had  grown  rich  from 
the  sale  of  shrines  and  images  which  thjy 
had  made  for  the  people  to  worship.  On 
hearing  Paul  cry  out  against  this  idolatry, 
one  of  the  craftsmen,  named  Demetrius,  who 
made  silver  shrines  for  the  goddess  Diana, 
called  a  number  of  workmen  of  like  occupa- 
tion together,  and  addressing  them,  said: 
«Sirs,  ye  know  that  by  this  craft  we  have  our 
wealth.  Moreover  ye  see  and  hear,  that  not 
alone  at  Ephesus,  but  almost  throughout  all 
Asia,  this  Paul  hath  persuaded  and  turned 
away  much  people,  saying  that  they  be  no 
gods  which  are  made  with  hands:  so  that  not 
only  this  our  craft  is  in  danger  to  be  set  at 
naught;  but  also  that  the  temple  of  the  great 
goddess  Diana  should  be  despised,  and  her 
magnificence  should  be  destroyed,  whom  all 
Asia  and  the  world  worshipeth.»  * 

This  speech  made  the  silversmiths  exceed- 
ingly angry.  "(Great  is  Diana  of  the  Ephes- 
sians!»  they  exclaimed,  and  soon  they  had  the 
whole  city  in  an  uproar.  Two  disciples  named 
Gaius  and  Aristarchus,  who  had  come  from 
Macedonia,  and  were  companions  of  Paul, 
were  arrested  and  rushed  into  the  the- 
ater. 

They  were  charged  with  having  spoken 
against  the  great  goddess  Diana.  The  town 
clerk  appeared  upon  the  scene,  and  addressed 
the  people.  He  told  them  that  all  the  people 
of  Ephesus  were  worshipers  of  the  goddess 
Diana,  and  of  the  image  which  fell  down 
from  Jupiter,  and  that  these  things  could  not 
be  injured  by  any  words  which  the  Christians 
might  speak  against  them.     He  advised  them 


*  Acts  19: 
•Acts  19: 


15-1(5. 
25-27. 


to  do  nothing  rashly,  and  said  if  Demetrius 
and  the  craftsmen  which  were  with  him  had 
any  charges  to  prefer  against  any  man,  they 
had  the  law  open  to  them,  and  should  seek 
redress  through  the  courts.  This  calm  and 
sensible  advice  was  accepted  by  the  people, 
and  the  two  disciples  were  allowed  to  go  their 
way. 

From  Ephesus,  Paul  and  his  companions 
went  to  Greece,  where  they  tarried  for  three 
months.  At  the  end  of  that  time  they  set 
out  on  the  return  journey.  Passing  through 
Macedonia  they  came  to  Troas,  where  they 
abode  seven  days.  In  the  evening  of  the 
Sabbath,  Paul  met  with  the  Saints  in  Troas. 
After  the  Sacrament  had  been  administered, 
he  was  requested  to  preach  to  them.  He 
spoke  for  several  hours.  During  Paul's  ad- 
dress, a  young  man,,  who  had  been  sitting  in 
a  window,  and  had  fallen  asleep,  fell  from 
the  third  loft,  and  was  taken  up  dead.  While 
they  were  lamenting  over  the  sad  accident, 
Paul  came  forward,  and  prostrated  himself  on 
the  body  of  the  young  man  and  embraced 
him.  To  the  astonishment  of  all  present,  the 
dead  man  came  to  life  again,  and  after  having 
partaken  of  food,  he  tarried  with  them  till 
daybreak,  when,  with  great  joy,  a  number  of 
the  Saints  accompanied  him  to  the  home  of 
his  parents. 

From  Troas  Paul  went  to  the  city  of  Mile- 
tus. He  sent  for  the  Elders  of  the  Church  in 
Ephesus,  and  with  them  he  had  an  affection- 
ate interview.  He  reminded  them  of  his  faith- 
ful labors  among  them  and  how  he  had  worked 
with  his  own  hands  so  that  he  might  not  be 
a  burden  to  them.  He  told  them  he  knew 
that  they  would  not  see  his  face  again.  He 
exhorted  them  to  faithfully  keep  the  counsel 
of  God  which  he  had  given  them,  and  to  feed 
the  Church  of  Christ,  over  which  they  had 
been  made  overseers.  He  told  them  that 
many  members  of  the  Church  in  Ephesus 
would  depart  from  the  faith,  and  that  some 
of  those  present  would  apostatise,  and  would 
lead  away  disciples  after  them. 

At  the  close  of  his  address,  Paul  knelt  and 


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prayed  with  them.  They  were  much  affected, 
and  they  all  wept,  and  fell  on  Paul's  neck  and 
kissed  him,  sorrowing  greatly  at  the  words 


which  he  had  said — that  they  should  see  his 
face  no  more.  They  accompanied  him  to  the 
ship,  and  bade  him  farewell. 


ANSWERS   TO   QUESTIONS. 


VE  are  asked:  «Were  any  ordinances 
for  the  dead  performed  from  the 
days  of  Moses  to  the  time  of  the 
advent  of  the  Savior?"  The  Lord  in  these 
days  has  said: 

For  it  is  ordained  that  in  Zion,  and  in  her  stakes 
and  in  Jerusalem,  those  places  which  I  have  ap- 
pointed for  refuge,  shall  be  the  places  for  your 
baptisms  for  your  dead. 

And  again,  verily,  I  say  unto  you,  How  shall 
your  washings  be  acceptable  unto  me,  except  ye 
perform  them  in  a  house  which  you  have  built  to 
my  name? 

For,  for  this  cause  I  commanded  Moses  that  he 
should  build  a  tabernacle,  that  they  should  bear 
it  with  them  in  the  wilderness,  and  to  build  a 
house  in  the  land  of  promise,  that  those  ordinances 
might  be  revealed  which  had  been  hid  from  be- 
fore the  world  was; 

Therefore,  verily  I  say  unto  you,  that  your 
anointings  and  your  washings,  and  your  baptisms 
for  the  dead,  and  your  solemn  assemblies,  and 
your  memorials  for  your  sacrifices,  by  the  sons 
of  Levi,  and  for  your  oracles  in  your  most  holy 
places,  wherein  you  receive  conversations,  and 
your  statutes  and  judgments,  for  the  beginning 
of  the  revelations  and  foundation  of  Zion,  and  for 
the  glory,  honor,  and  endowment  of  all  her  muni- 
cipals, are  ordained  by  the  ordinance  of  my  holy 
house  which  my  people  are  always  commanded  to 
build  unto  my  holy  name.  (Doc.  &  Cov.  124:  36- 
39.) 

As  a  temple  was  built  at  Jerusalem  and 
many  temples  on  this  continent  between  the 
days  of  Moses  and  Christ,  we  cannot  but  be- 
lieve from  the  above  revelation  that  all  ordi- 
nances, including  those  for  the  dead,  were 


performed  from  time  to  time,  though  perhaps 
not  continuously,  duriDg  the  perrod  mentioned 
by  our  enquiring  friend.  We  have  italicised 
those  portions  of  the  above  quotation  which 
most  directly  relate  to  the  question. 

In  answer  to  the  question:  «Can  any  per- 
son enter  into  the  Tele3tial  kingdom  of  God, 
without  repentance  and  baptism?" 

First  it  should  be  observed  that  the  term 
«kingdom»  when  used  in  connection  with  the 
special  designations  «Celestial,»  «Terrestrial,» 
and  «Telestial,»  is  employed  as  indicating  a 
section  or  part  of  the  future  state,  and  not 
as  synonymous  with  ((Kingdom  of  God,»  or 
(•Kingdom  of  Heaven."  In  th3  revelation  in 
point,  (Doc.  and  Cov.,  see.  76,)  the  terms  are 
«Celestial,»  ((Terrestrial,))  and  «Telestial,» 
glories,  not  kingdoms.  The  question  then 
stands:  «Can  any  person  enter  into  the  Te- 
lestial  glory  without  repentance  and  bap- 
tism?" 

In  the  remarkable  vision  concerning  the 
future  state  (Doc.  and  Cov.  sec.  76,)  the 
Lord  showed  the  existence  of  three  main 
divisions  or  ((glories ;»  and  in  addition  a  state 
of  eternal  degradation,  which  last  is  reserved 
for  the  sons  of  perdition.  As  to  those  who 
are  to  be  assigned  to  the  respective  glories  the 
revelation  appears  to  be  explicit.  The  Celest- 
ial glory,  typified  by  the  sun,  is  provided  for 
those  who  are  worthy  of  the  highest  honors 
of  heaven.  The  Terrestrial  is  to  receive  those 
«who  died  without  law,"  «who  received  not 
the  testimony  of  Jesus  in  the  flesh  but  after- 


ANSWERS  TO  QUESTIONS. 


335 


wards  received  it,»  and  «who  are  not  valiant» 
etc.  The  Telestial  is  for  those  who  ('received 
not  the  Gospel,  neither  the  testimony  of 
Jesus;»  those  «who  are  cast  down  to  hell,» 
and  «shall  not  be  redeemed  from  the  devil 
until  the  last  resurrection." 

Those  who  are  cast  down  to  hell  are  expiat- 
ing their  crimes  and  past  offenses  in  that 
dreadful  place  of  torture.  The  sentence  was 
passed  by  a  righteous  God,  whose  mercy  we 
are  told  in  the  scriptures  «endureth  forever.'* 
This  causes  us  to  believe  that  the  punishment 
which  He  metes  out  to  sinners  is  of  a  reform- 
atory character,  whereby  they  will  be  purged 
from  the  hideous  effects  of  sin,  and  fitted  to 
enter  the  Telestial  glory.  In  Doctrine  and 
Covenants,  section  88:  24,  we  read:  "And  he 
who  cannot  abide  the  law  of  a  Telestial  king- 
dom, cannot  abide  the  Telestial  glory.»  He 
must  therefore  sincerely  repent  of  his  past 
course,  and  covenant  to  keep  the  laws  of  the 
Telestial  kingdom,  for  if  he  repent  not  from 
his  evil  ways  he  would  continue  to  be  a  law 
to  himself  and  thus  be  prevented  from  being 
admitted  to  that  glory. 

While  we  are  not  to  conclude  that  the  reve- 
lation referred  to  was  intended  as  a  complete 
description  of  the  infinite  grades  of  glory  or 
of  degradation  which  the  varied  natures  and 
capacities  of  mankind  will  make  necessary  in 
the  meting  out  of  God's  justice,  we  are  told  of 
but  three  glories,  which  range  in  order  above 
the  state  of  those  who  are  consigned  to  perdi- 
tion. Christ's  use  of  the  expression  "Kingdom 
of  God, »  which  is  so  often  quoted  (John  3:  5,) 


appears  to  have  had  reference  to  the  «king- 
dom»  into  which  only  those  who  accept  at 
least  the  first  principles  of  the  Gospel  may 
enter.  Certainly  the  Savior  could  not  have 
referred  to  the  entire  range  of  the  future 
state  nor  to  all  the  kingdoms  or  creations  of 
God;  for  in  this  broad  sense  the  state  of  per- 
dition would  have  been  included. 

Our  opinion  is  therefore  this:  The  Telestial 
state  will  be  the  lot  of  many  who  have  not 
accepted  the  Gospel  and  will  therefore  in- 
clude hosts  of  the  unbaptized.  As  to  the  re- 
pentant or  non-repentant  state  of  the  Telestial 
inhabitants,  we  think  that  true  repentance 
would  lead  to  the  acceptance  of  baptism,  and 
therefore  to  the  reception  of  the  Gospel;  and 
in  the  light  of  the  revealed  word,  this  accept- 
ance would  seem  to  prepare  the  person  for 
the  Terrestrial  glory  at  some  time. 

The  question  is  presented,  «Was  the  sword 
of  Laban  shown  to  the  Prophet  Joseph  Smith 
when  he  first  saw  the  plates  from  which  the 
Book  of  Mormon  was  translated,  or  at  some 
later  date?» 

We  have  no  evidence  that  the  Prophet 
Joseph  saw  anything  when  he  first  viewed 
the  contents  of  the  stone  box,  except  «the 
plates,  the  Urim  and  Thummim,  and  the 
breastplate."  At  some  subsequent  time,  Jo- 
seph was  shown  the  sword  of  Laban,  and 
also  several  sets  of  plates  containing  the  rec- 
ords of  Lehi  and  his  descendants  from  which 
the  abridgment  was  made  from  which  the 
Book  of  Mormon  was  translated. 


CHINESE  CONTEMPT  FOR  FOREIGNERS. 


ONE  of  the  curious  things  among  most 
Asiatic  people  is  the  frame  of  mind 
which  induces  them  to  look  down 
with  contempt  or  pity  upon  Europeans  and 
Americans  as  inferior  races  of  men.  To 
Europeans  this  seems  strange  and  ridiculous, 


because  the  Europeans  are  more  highly  edu- 
cated, have  more  refinement,  and  everywhere 
show  greater  evidences  of  superiority. 

Canton  is  a  great  seaport  city  in  the  south- 
east of  China,  and  foreigners  began  to  flock 
there  more   than  three  hundred   and   sixty 


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years  ago.  In  those  early  times  the  for- 
eigners were  as  a  rule  a  class  of  adventurous 
men  who  did  not  care  to  submit  to  the  rules 
of  society  and  the  laws  of  government  at 
home.  They  were  often  men  of  bad  reputa- 
tion and  wholly  indifferent  to  a  good  name, 
and  for  viat  reason  Europeans  had  nothing 
to  be  proud  of  in  the  foreigners  that  early 
began  to  associate  with  the  Chinese  in  their 
seaport  towns.  But  the  reason  that  the 
Chinese  feV:  their  superiority  is  found  rather 
in  their  own  peculiar  makeup  rather  than  in 
the  shortcomings  of  the  first  foreigners,  and 
indeed  many  of  the  present  foreigners  that 
now  sojo.urn  among  them.  Up  till  1860, 
whenever,  a  treaty  was  made  between  that 
empire  ar  1  any  European  or  American 
country,  the  word  «Barbarian»  was  used  to 
designate  Europeans.  It  was  only  after  much 
insistence  and  resistance  that  the  word  «Bar- 
barian»  as  referring  to  the  enlightened  na- 
tions of  the  world  was  stricken  out. 

In  later  years  the  Chinese  have  been 
brought  into  contact  with  our  great  mechan- 
ical contrivances.  They  have  seen  much  of 
the  operation  of  steam  and  electricity,  but 
these  instrumentalities  of  our  civilization  are 
regarded  rather  as  curiosities  than  useful 
and  desirable  contrivances.  The  operation 
and  use  of  these  great  forces  of  nature  are  to 
their  primitive  minds  something  incompre- 
hensible,   something    mysterious,    and    are 


looked  upon  as  a  sort  of  magic;  and  magic 
was  something  of  which  Confucious  refused 
even  to  talk,  so  that  now  his  followers  regard 
such  contrivances  with  contempt  because 
they  are  not  compatible  with  the  teachings 
of  Confucious  and  with  the  traditions  of  the 
Chinese  race.  Perhaps  today  one  of  the 
greatest  causes  of  enmity  toward  everything 
foreign  is  the  literature  of  Chinese  writers, 
whose  education  is  founded  entirely  upon 
what  is  commonly  known  as  the  classics  or 
traditions  of  the  race.  These  writers  stren- 
uously oppose  any  innovations,  and  in  late 
years  have' incited  the  people  quite  univer- 
sally to  resist  European  aggression  as  some- 
thing intended  to  overthrow  the  secret  tra- 
ditions of  the  celestial  race.  It  may  be  that 
the  peculiar  dislike  of  the  Chinese  to  any  in- 
novations has  grown  out  of  a  dislike  to 
changes  of  any  kind.  The  effort  to  trans- 
form life  among  them  would  be  greater  than 
they  could  bear,  and  they  naturally  resist 
what  appears  to  them  as  coercion  in  its 
worst  form.  Those  Europeans  and  Ameri- 
cans therefore  who  expected  to  carry  China 
by  storm  through  our  modern  mechanical 
contrivances  have  been  very  greatly  disap- 
pointed. They  have  learned  that  «mind  is  not 
matter,"  and  that  it  is  much  easier  to  trans- 
form a  material  substance  than  to  change 
the  habits  of  that  race  wholly  wedded  to  its 
traditions.  J.  M.  Tanner. 


THE  INFLUENCE  OF  THE   BIBLE. 


IT  would  b'e  impossible  to  estimate  the 
benefits  'hich  the  world  has  received 
from  the  books  of  the  Old  and  New  Tes- 
taments/ Those  sacred  records  have  played 
an  imr.jrtant  part  in  the  great  drama  of  hu- 
mar  .^istence;  they  have  certainly  done 
the.  t  share  in  helping  to  mould  the  character 
and   destiny   of  tens   of  thousands   of  the 


world's  most  noble  men  and  women.  In  this 
short  article  it  is  my  purpose  to  show  how 
the  holy  scriptures  have  influenced  the  lives 
of  some  people  with  whom  I  am  acquainted. 
While  in  conversation  with  a  young  man,  a 
short  time  ago,  he  told  me  how  he  was  led  to 
embrace  the  Gospel,  and  to  become  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter- 


THE  INFLUENCE  OF  THE  BIBLE. 


337 


day  Saints.  He  was  sitting  in  his  parlor  one 
Sunday  afternoon  reading  some  of  the  books 
of  the  New  Testament.  As  he  read  he  came 
to  those  significant  words  uttered  by  the 
Savior: 

My  doctrine  is  not  mine,  but  his  that  sent  me. 
If  any  man  will  do  his  will,  he  shall  know  of  the 
doctrine  whether  it  be  of  God,  or  whether  I  speak 
of  myself. 

As  soon  as  he  had  read  these  words,  he 
said  he  heard  a  voice  whisper  in  his  ear: 

«Go  this  evening  to  the  meeting  of  the 
Latter-day  Saints,  or  Mormons,  and  if  one  of 
the  Elders  selects  these  words  for  a  text, 
and  preaches  upon  them,  you  may  know  that 
the  doctrine  taught  by  the  Latter-day  Saints 
is  true.» 

Just  then  a  young  man,  a  friend,  called, 
and  as  they  sat  talking  together,  the  former 
related  to  his  companion  the  words  which  a 
mysterious  voice  had  spoken  in  his  ear  a 
short  time  before. 

They  both  decided  to  put  the  matter  to  a 
test,  and  for  that  purpose  attended  the  meet- 
ing of  the  Saints.  They  selected  seats  in 
the  lower  end  of  the  hall,  and  anxiously 
waited  for  the  speaker  to  begin.  After 
singing,  prayer,  and  the  sacrament,  one  of 
the  Elders  arose  and  said:  «I  feel  impressed 
to  read  and  make  some  comments  upon  a 
certain  passage  of  scripture,))  and  then,  to 
the  utter  astonishment  of  the  two  visitors,  he 
commenced  to  read  these  words:  «My  doc- 
trine is  not  mine,  but  his  that  sent  me;  if 
any  man  will  do  his  will  he  shall  know  of 
the  doctrine, whether  it  be-of  God,  or  whether 
I  speak  of  myself.))  The  young  men  were 
convinced  in  their  hearts  of  the  truth  of  the 
Gospel,  and  after  they  had  yielded  obedience 
to  its  first  principles,  they  could  testify  that 
the  words  of  Jesus  were  true,  for  they  had 
done  the  will  of  the  Father,  and  had  received 
the  testimony  of  His  Spirit  that  they  had 
obeyed  the  truth. 

I  have  a  friend  living  in  one  of  the  wards 
in  Salt  Lake  City,  who  told  me  recently  how 


she  was  once  influenced  upon  reading  a  cer- 
tain scripture.  Upon  the  death  of  her  par- 
ents, she  received  an  equal  share  of  the 
estate  for  her  inheritance.  A  few  years 
later  one  of t her  brothers  died,  and  after  his 
death  she'held  his  share  of  the  property  with 
her  own.  Soon  after  this  she  embraced  the 
Gospel,  and  wishing  to  come  to  Utah,  she 
decided  to  sell  the  two  portions  of  the  estate, 
intending,  of  course,  to  divide  her  deceased 
brother's  portion  equally  between  the  mem- 
bers of  the  [family.  To  this  her  brothers 
objected,  and  threatened  her  with  a  lawsuit. 
Seeing  that  she  was  determined  to  carry  out 
her  purpose,|her  brothers  employed  a  lawyer, 
who  sent  the  young  woman  a  number  of 
threatening  letters. 

She  was  much  troubled  ;*dark  clouds  gath- 
ered thick  and  fast  around  her,  ind  at  one 
time  it  seemed  as  if  she  would  have  to  aban- 
don the  idea'of  going  to  Utah.  In  the  midst 
of  her  trouble,  she  heard  a  voice  whisper  to 
her,  «Take  down  the[Bible  and  read  it.» 

She  at  once  got  the  Bible,  and  upon  open- 
ing it  her  eyes  rested  upon  these  words:     . 

Verily  I  say  "unto  you,  There  is  no  man  that 
hath  left  house  or  parents,  or  brethren,  or  wife, 
or  children,  for  the  kingdom  of  God's  sake,  who 
shall  not  receive  manifold  more  in  this  present 
time,  and  in  the  world  to  come  life  everlasting. 

She  could  read  no  more;  tears  were  flowing 
freely,  and  with  'sobbing  yet  joyful  lips  she 
exclaimed,  «Lord,  I  will  give  up  all  and  fol- 
low Thee.)) 

The  Lord  had  proven  hei  He  saw  that  she 
would  willingly  give  up  all  she  had  for  His 
sake,  and  then  a  change  came  about.  She 
was  allowed  to  dispose  of  the  property,  and 
realized  from  the  sale  a  larger  turn  than  she 
had  anticipated. 

These  things  should,  1  think,  lead  us  to 
obey  the  exhortation  of  Jesus  when  Fe  said: 

Search  the  scriptures,  for  in  them  ye  tl  \k  ye 
have  eternal  life,  and  they  are  they  whicj  >s- 
tify  of  me. 

W.  A.  M. 


$       EDITORIAL    THOUGHTS.       $ 


SALT  LAKE  CITY,  UTAH,  JUNE  1,   1901. 


OFFICERS    OF    THE     DESERET    SUNDAY     SCHOOL    UNION: 

Lorenzo  Snow,  -  •  General  Superintendent 
George  Reynolds,  First  Asst.  General  Superintendent 
J.  M.  Tanner,   Second  Asst.  General  Superintendent 

MEMBERS    OF    THE     BOARD: 


Lorenzo  Snow- 
George  Reynolds 
Thomas  C,  Griggs 
Joseph  W.  Surnmerhays 
Levi  W.  Richards 
Francis  M.  Lyman 
Heber  J.  Grant 
Joseph  M.  Tanner 
George  Teasdale 
Hugh  J    Cannon 
Andrew  Kimball 
Horace  S.  Ensign, 
George  Reynolds,     - 


Joseph  F.  Smith 
John  W.  Taylor 
L.  John  Xuttall 
James  W.  lire 
John  F.  Bennett 
John  M.  Mills 
William  D.  Owen 
Seymour  B.  Young 
George  D.  Pyper 
Henry  Peterson 
Anthon  U.  Lund 

General  Secretary 
Treasurer 


George  d.  Ftfer. 
Lorenzo  Snow, 
George  Retnolds, 
J.  M.  Tanner, 


Business  Manager 
Editor  Juvenile  Instructor 

Assistant  Editors 


THE  CENTENNIAL  ANNIVERSARY  OF 
BR1GHAM  YOUNG'S  BIRTH. 


II 


HE  celebration  today  of  Brigham 
Young's  birth  will  remind  the  Saints 
everywhere  that  it  is  now  just  one 
hundred  years  since  his  advent  into 
the  world.  What  wonderful  changes 
the  century  has  brought;  and  the 
changes  are  no  more  wonderful  in  the 
material  growth  of  the  world  than  they 
are  in  the  religious  lives  of  those  who  have 
accepted  the  Gospel. 

Brigham  Young  was  only  six  years  old 
when  the  first  steamboat,  known  as  the 
Clermont,  made  its  voyage  up  the  Hudson 
River  from  New  York  to  Albany.  Steam- 
boats are  now  plowing  all  the  commercial 
waterways  of  the  world.  When  he  was 
eighteen  the  first  steamship,  the  Savannah, 
crossed  the  Atlantic  Ocean.  The  beginning 
of  the  use  of  steam,  which  was  to  revolution- 
ize the  world  and  open  up  continents,  can 
have  had  little  or  no  effect  upon  his  own 
early  life.  The  means  of  disseminating  in- 
formation in  those  days  were  so  limited  and 
the  habit  of  reading  confined  to  so  few  that 
people  in  them  must   have  had  very   little 


conception  of  what  steam  was  to  do  for 
mankind.  Its  usefulness  was  quite  generally 
discredited. 

When  Brigham  reached  his  twenty-fourth 
year  the  first  railroad  was  constructed  and 
run  between  Stockton  and  Darlington,  Eng- 
land, and  at  the  age  of  twenty-nine  he  might 
have  seen  one  operated  in  this  country.  The 
same  year  witnessed  the  beginning  of  a  new 
force  in  religion.  The  Church  of  Jesus  Christ 
of  Latter-day  Saints  was  organized,  and 
after  the  great  pioneer  leader  had  been 
severely  schooled  in  the  discipline  and  hard- 
ships of  his  new  faith  the  mantle  of  the 
Prophet  and  founder  fell  upon  him. 

In  1846  he  began  one  of  the  greatest  tasks 
ever  allotted  to  man.  The  exodus  led  by 
Brigham  Young  is  without  a  parallel  in  his- 
tory. It  surpasses  in  both  its  hardships  and 
consequences  either  that  of  the  Israelites  or 
that  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers.  The  central 
figure  in  the  world's  greatest  exodus  and  the 
organizer  of  a  new  commonwealth  are  the 
two  grand  distinctions  in  Brigham  Young's 
life.  How  appropriate  then  on  this  the  cen- 
tennial of  his  birth  it  is  to  honor  a  name  that 
has  always  meant  so  much  to  Utah  and  her 
people,  and  is  coming  to  mean  more  and 
more  to  the  people  of  the  world  at  large! 
How  wonderful,  too,  that  men  should  sound  in 
praise  a  name  they  pretended  to  despise  so 
much  when  its  bearer  walked  and  talked  in 
their  midst!  How  gratifying,  too,  that  the 
world  at  large  should  now  begin  to  revise 
and  correct  their  opinions  of  a  man  whose 
name  was  pronounced  with  such  expression 
of  horror  when  he  lived  in  the  midst  of  the 
great  activities  that  gave  him  fame! 

It  was  the  sublime  faith  of  the  man  that 
led  him  to  anticipate  and  prepare  for  the 
future  of  the  people  God  called  him  to  lead. 
He  builded  better  than  he  knew,  and  every- 
where throughout  these  valleys,  homes  and  cit- 


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ies  attest  the  wisdom  of  him  who  was  so  in- 
strumental in  planting  happy  and  prosperous 
communities  of  Saints  in  the  heart  of  the 
Rocky^Mountains.  It  is  now  nearly  a  quarter 
of  j  a  century  since  he  passed  from  earth. 
During  that  time  great  changes  and  great 


hundred  years  ago  the  so-called  civilized 
nations  had  little  conception  of  what  awaited 
them,  and  the  simple  lives  of  the  people  gave 
no  warning  of  things  to  come.  The  century 
has  been  one  of  miracles,  and  the  faith  which 
converted  water  into  wine  seems  not  half  so 


progress  have  been  made, 
vention   are   transforming    the    world    and 
carrying  their  light  and  blessings  to  the  re- 
motest corners  and  into  the  darkest  places 
of  the  uncivilized  races  of  the  globe.     One 


PRESIDENT   BRIGHAM   YOUNG. 

Science  and  in-  marvelous  as  the  realization  of  the  wonderful 
innovations  of  steam  and  electricity,  and  the 
great  train  of  modern  inventions  which  have 
followed  these  revealed  forces  of  nature. 
The  century  has  witnessed  an  outburst   of 


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revelations  both  in  science  and  religion;  and  if 
the  coming  century  shall  witness  a  new  life 
as  far  in  advance  of  the  one  just  passed  as 
it  was  in  advance  of  its  predecessor,  it  will 
not  be  hard  for  men  to  comprehend  that  ar- 
ticle of  our  faith  which  declares  that  the 
earth  shall  be  renewed  and  receive  its  para- 
disical glory. 

It  was  in  the  year  of  1844,  the  very  year 
that  Brigham  Young  first  felt  the  divine  re- 
sponsibility of  a  leadership  that  began  to 
rest  upon  him,  that  Professor  Morse  an- 
nounced the  discovery  of  the  electric  tele- 
graph. The  new  invention  and  the  new  faith 
have  both  borne  the  messages  of  God's  glory, 
and  the  exaltation  and  common  brotherhood 
of  man.  Both  announced  their  universal 
mission.  At  the  threshold  and  on  the  com- 
ing of  a  new  century  we  pause  to  view  in 
retrospect  the  life  and  career  of  Utah's 
founder.  If  the  past  is  prophetic  of  the 
future,  the  eye  hath  not  seen  nor  hath  the 
mind  of  man  conceived  the  glories  that  await 
us. 


RESOLUTIONS  OF  RESPECT  TO  THE  LATE 
PRESIDENT  GEORGE  Q.  CANNON. 

(Unanimously  adopted  by  the  Board  of 
the  Deseret  Sunday  School  Union,  at  its  reg- 
ular meeting  held  Thursday,  May  16,  1901.) 

We,  the  officers  of  the  Deseret  Sunday  School 
Union,  realizing  the  great  loss  sustained  by 
all  the  Sabbath  Schools  in  Zion  and  through- 
out the  world,  as  well  as  by  the  community 
at  large,  in  the  death  of  our  beloved  super- 
intendent and  associate,  George  Q.  Cannon, 
who  departed  this  life  on  the  12th  day  of 
April,  1901,  in  the  seventy-fifth  year  of  his 
age,  desire  to  express  our  deep  sense  of  the 
great  worth,  transcendent  abilities  and  most 
excellent  qualities  of  our  deceased  friend. 
Resolved,  therefore, 

That  in  President  George  Q.  Cannon  we 
recognize  a  thoroughly  capable  and  most  ef- 
ficient superintendent  of  the  Deseret  Sunday 


School  Union,  a  distinguished  writer,  an  or- 
ator of  national  reputation,  a  man  endowed 
with  rare  capacity  of  mind  and  an  astonish- 
ingly quick  apprehension,  an  indefatigable 
worker  and  to  the  full  extent  of  the  word  a 
gentleman. 

That  during  the  many  years  he  has  been 
at  the  head  of  this  great  institution  (and  he 
was  the  first  superintendent  of  the  whole 
body  of  the  Sabbath  Schools)  he  has  ever 
watched  with  zealous  care  over  this  benefi- 
cent system,  and  has  taken  an  unceasing  in- 
terest in  its  welfare;  the  progress  of  the 
Sunday  Schools  was  his  continuous  study, 
his  aim  was  to  bring  them  as  near  to  per- 
fection as  possible,  and  the  excellent  condi- 
tion in  which  we  find  them, is  ina  large  meas- 
ure due  to  his  wise  counsel  and  fatherly 
supervision. 

That  in  his  death  we  are  deprived  of  a  most 
valuable  leader  and  adviser,  whose  presence 
will  be  sadly  missed  from  our  councils  and 
deliberations. 

That  we  deeply  sympathize  with  his  be- 
reaved family,  and  pray  the  Lord  to  sustain 
and  comfort  them  in  their  great  sorrow;  we 
condole  with  the  whole  community,  who 
mourn  the  departure  of  a  wise  counselor  in 
the  First  Presidency,  one  of  the  mighty  lead- 
ers in  Israel  and  one  of  earth's  choicest  sons. 

That  while  we  lament  the  death  of  a  loved 
and  reverenced  associate  and  co-laborer,  we 
bow  in  submission  to  the  fiat  of  Him  who 
doeth  all  things  well. 

That  these  Resolutions  be  spread  upon  the 
minutes  of  the  Board,  and  that  copies  be 
furnished  to  the  family  of  the  deceased  and 
to  the  Juvenile  Instructor  for  publication. 

SUNDAY  SCHOOL  NOTES. 

Among  the  evidences  of  a  good,  active  Sun- 
day School  none  are  more  pronounced  than 
that  of  the  officers  and  teachers  thereof  be- 
ing present  in  their  respective  schoolhouses 
at  9:30  or  9:45  a.  m.,  to  hold  a  prayer  meet- 
ing, and  be  ready  to  greet  the  arriving  pupils 


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previous  to  the  10  a.  m.  roll  call.  That  the 
record  of  the  officers  and  teachers  thus  pres- 
ent may  be  recorded,  and  to  prevent  the 
multiplying  of  rolls,  the  Sunday  School  Union 
Board  suggests  an  additional  mark  for  that 
purpose,  and  another  to  indicate  attendance 
at  the  ((officers'  and  teachers'  meetings."  It 
is  that  those  present  when  the  roll  at  9:45a. 
m.  is  called,  be  marked  thus,  9;  and  that  for 
those  present  at  the  teachers'  meeting  a  hori- 
zontal mark,  thus:  ( — )  be  placed  over  their 
attendance  mark  for  that  day  or  in  the  space 
under  the  date  of  the  meeting.  These  two 
marks,  9  and  — ,  with  explanations,  can  be 
entered  by  the  secretaries  in  the  officers'  and 
teachers'  roll  book  provided  by  the  Deseret 
Sunday  School  Union,  and  be  used  in  connec- 
tion with  those  already  therein  named. 

To  illustrate:  a  person  present  at  the  9:45 
roll  would  be  marked  9;  if  later,  and  before 
the  10  o'clock  roll,  /;  if  after  10  o'clock,  X; 
if  excused,  E;  if  all  of  the  foregoing  persons 
were  present  at  the  teachers'  meeting  subse- 
quently held  their  record  would  appear  thus: 


9;    /;    X;    E. 


j* 


On  account  of  increasing  years,  on  Sunday, 
May  5th,  Elder  George  Williams,  who  has 
been  a  Sunday  School  worker  for  more  than 
forty-five  years,  was  released  from  being  sup- 
erintendent of  the  Hatch,  Bannock  Stake, 
Sunday  School.  Before  emigrating  to  Zion, 
Brother  Williams  was  an  attendant  at  Sun- 
day School  in  England;  was  Sunday  School 
superintendent  in  Goshen,  Utah,  in  early  days; 
afterwards  assistant  superintendent  of  the 
Chesterfield,  Idaho,  school  for  seven  years, 
and  superintendent  of  the  Hatch  Sunday 
School  from  its  organization  until  released  as 
above. 


others  these  meetings  are  held  in  the  Salt 
Lake,  Sanpete,  Weber,  Granite,  Jordan,  Utah, 
Alpine,  Nebo,  Box  Elder,  Cache,  Oneida  and 
Bannock  stakes.  The  first  Union  meeting  of 
the  Bannock  stake  was  held  on  Sunday,  April 
28th,  when  Apostle  John  W.  Taylor,  as  a 
representative  of  the  General  Board  of  the 
Union,  addressed  the  meeting.  The  essence 
of  his  remarks  was  to  the  effect  that  what 
Sunday  School  workers  most  need  is  the 
Spirit  of  the  Lord  to  guide  them  in  all  that 
they  do,  that  they  may  have  joy  in  the  Lord 
and  in  their  labors,  and  he  urged  them  to  faith- 
fully study  the  Scriptures,  that  their  teach- 
ings may  be  timely  and  efficient. 


Numerous  new  meeting  houses  are  being 
erected  throughout  the  stakes  of  Zion,  and 
we  are  gratified  to  learn  that  in  many  cases 
considerate  attention  is  given,  in  their  erec- 
tion, to  the  needs  of  the  Sunday  School.  We 
trust  this  habit  will  become  universal,  for,  as 
a  general  thing,  it  will  increase  the  expense 
of  building  but  little  to  so  arrange  the 
structure  that  the  school  can  have  the  vari- 
ous rooms  so  necessary  for  its  best  good  and 
for  the  maintenance  of  the  best  order  and  for 
the  rapid  advancement  of  the  children. 


At  the  annual  stake  conference  of  the 
Sunday  Schools  of  the  St.  Joseph  Stake  the 
stake  superintendency  was  reorganized  and 
the  following  new  officers  presented  and 
sustained:  Elder  Joseph  H.  Lines,  as  stake 
superintendent  of  Sunday  Schools,  Elders 
Wm.  E.  McBride  and  Wilford  W.  Crockett, 
Jr.,  as  first  and  second  assistants,  Brother 
Harrison  B.  Wightman  as  stake  secretary 
and  treasurer,  and  Brother  David  West,  as 
his  assistant  in  these  offices. 


Regular  stake  Sunday  School  Union  meet- 
ings are  now  being  increasingly  held  in  the 
stakes  of  Zion,  as  their  benefits  become  more 
apparent  to  the  officers  and  workers.  Amongst 


Stake  Superintendent  Joseph  Eckersley 
of  Wayne,  having  left  for  Europe  on  a  mis- 
sion, at  the  late  quarterly  conference  of  that 


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stake,  held  May  5th  and  6th,  the  stake  super- 
intendency  was  re-organized  by  the  appoint- 
ment of  Elder  Walter  H.  Jeffery  as  superin- 
tendent of  Sunday  Schools,  and  Elders  Moroni 
Lazenby  and  Loren  Taylor  as  assistant  sup- 
erintendents. 


It  is  suggested  by  the  General  Board  of 
the  Union  that  when  the  roll  of  schools  is 
called  at  the  annual  stake  Sunday  School 
conferences  the  names  of  the  stake  superin- 
tendent, his  assistants  and  associates  be  also 
called,  so  that  their  presence  or  absence  on 
these  occasions  may  be  of  record. 


On  Monday,  April  29th,  at  the  quarterly 


conference  of  the  Bannock  stake  of  Zion, 
Elder  Kepler  Sessions  was  sustained  as  sec- 
ond assistant  stake  superintendent  of  Sunday 
Schools,  thus  completing  the  stake  organiza- 
tion. 


A  new  edition  of  20,000  of  the  Sunday 
School  Hymn  Book  has  just  been  issued  by 
the  Union  Board,  making  in  all  75,000  copies 
printed  during  the  last  five  years. 


In  the  reorganization  of  the  Summit  Stake 
of  Zion,  Elder  W.  L.  Hansen  was  chosen  as 
stake  superintendent  of  Sunday  Schools,  and 
Elder  D.  G.  Fisher  and  B.  B.  Copley,  assist- 
ant superintendants. 


ENOCH. 

WHOM  THE  LORD  TOOK  UNTO  HIMSELF. 


I.      HIS  ANCESTRY. 

FTER  Adam  and  Eve  had  been  driven 
out  of  the  Garden  of  Eden,  and  had 
gone  eastward  to  begin  their  new 
life,  sons  and  daughters  were  born  unto  them. 
The  first  child,  of  whom  any  mention  is  made, 
was  a  son,  named  Cain;  after  him  came  an- 
other son,  who  was  named  Abel.  These  two 
boys,  as  they  grew  up  to  manhood,  showed 
themselves  to  be  very  different  in  their 
natures.  Especially  did  they  differ  in  their 
love  for  God.  Abel,  who  was  a  shepherd, 
loved  God  and  worshiped  according  to  his 
best  knowledge;  Cain,  who  tilled  the  soil,  was 
of  a  dark  and  vicious  disposition  and  walked 
after  his  own  desires;  he  feared  God  only  for 
the  punishment  that  follows  wrong- doing. 
He  hated  Abel,  for  he  knew  that  his  brother, 


who  lived  a  holy  life,  was  beloved  of  the 
Father  in  Heaven.  So  strong  did  this  hate 
grow,  that  one  day,  when  the  Lord  had  shown 
Himself  as  displeased  with  Cain's  wicked 
course  as  He  was  pleased  with  Abel's  upright 
life,  Cain  rose  up  against  his  brother  Abel, 
and  killed  him. 

To  shed  innocent  blood  is  the  greatest  of 
sins;  the  punishment  that  the  murderer  will 
receive  is  greater  than  we  can  possibly  im- 
agine. The  Lord  placed  a  mark  in  the  fore- 
head of  Cain,  that  would  keep  the  memory 
of  his  measureless  sin  fresh  in  the  minds  of 
men,  and  sent  him  out  into  the  world,  a 
wanderer  and  an  outcast.  No  doubt  his 
punishment  will  extend  far  into  eternity. 

The  Lord  loved  Adam  and  Eve,  and  when 
they  sorrowed  for  the  death  of  Abel,  another 
son  was  given  them  in  his  stead.     This  son 


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was  named  Seth.  He  grew  up  in  holiness; 
and  offered  such  acceptable  sacrifices  that 
the  Lord  revealed  himself  to  him,  and  in- 
structed him  in  the  great  truths  of  eternal 
life.  The  descendants  of  Adam,  through 
Seth,  became  the  people  of  the  Lord  upon 
the  earth  in  those  days. 

At  that  time  the  Gospel,  as  we  know  it 
now,  had  been  taught  by  the  Lord  Himself  to 
Adam  and  Seth,  and  perhaps  to  others;  and 
holy  angels,  sent  forth  from  the  presence  of 
God,  had  likewise  ministered  to  favored  ones. 
Adam  and  Seth  and  all  their  families  preached 
continually  the  Gospel  as  a  means  of  sal- 
vation to  the  wicked  people,  and  taught  them 
the  necessity  of  faith  in  the  Almighty  Father. 
So  great  was  the  faith  and  the  purity  of  the 
lives  of  these  early  patriarchs  that  they  were 
called  the  sons  of  God. 

In  time,  Seth  was  given  a  son,  who  was 
called  Enos.  Enos,  when  he  grew  to  be  a 
man,  had  a  son  called  Cainan,  who  in  turn 
had  a  son  by  the  name  of  Mahalaleel.  Ma- 
halaleel's  son  was  named  Jared.  He  became 
a  great  man  before  the  Lord.  His  son  was 
the  mighty  prophet  Enoch,  whose  story  is  to 
be  told. 

II.      HIS  BIRTH  AND  YOUTH. 

Men  lived  long  when  the  earth  was  young. 
Adam  lived  930  years;  his  son  Seth  lived 
912  years;  Enos,  Cainan,  Mahalaleel,  and 
Jared  lived  respectively  905,  910,  895  and 
962  years.  Therefore,  when  Enoch  was 
born,  in  the  year  of  the  world  622  after  the 
creation  of  Adam,  all  these  holy  patriarchs 
were  yet  alive,  and  full  of  mental  and  spirit- 
ual strength.  It  would  have  been  a  delight- 
ful story  for  the  children  of  latter-day  Zion, 
if  some  record  of  Enoch's  early  life  had  been 
preserved.  Though  no  such  record  exists, 
we  may  imagine  some  of  the  special  bless- 
ings that  were  granted  the  child  Enoch.  We 
may  imagine  the  venerable  father  of  all,  the 
first  man,  Adam,  who  was  in  his  622nd  year, 
bend  over  the  cradle  of  the  new-born  Enoch, 
and  add  his  prophetic  blessing  to  that  which 


probably  was  bestowed  by  the  father  of  the 
child.  We  may  imagine  the  child  later,  sit- 
ting on  the  lap  of  our  father  Adam,  and 
hearing  with  rapture  the  beautiful  story  of 
the  Garden  of  Eden,  that,  far  to  the  west, 
where  the  sun  sets,  a  garden  was  planted  by 
the  God  of  heaven,  and  filled  with  all  things 
that  are  good  for  man;  that  Adam,  a  mighty 
spirit,  was  taken  from  the  presence  of  God, 
given  a  body,  and  placed  in  the  garden  to 
dress  it  and  to  keep  it  for  the  Lord;  that  all 
animals  were  created  and  caused  to  pass 
before  Adam  so  that  he  might  name  them; 
that  God,  knowing  the  heart  of  Adam,  gave 
him  the  choicest  of  his  blessings,  a  woman, 
Eve,  to  be  his  companion  and  helpmeet;  that, 
finally,  in  order  that  we,  the  children  of  Adam 
and  Eve,  might  have  the  privilege  of  visiting 
this  earth,  our  first  parents  gladly  took 
up  the  battle  with  the  young  earth,  and  left 
the  garden  that  had  been  planted  by  the  God 
of  heaven.  In  the  same  manner  Adam 
doubtless  told  the  boy  Enoch  of  the  living 
God,  of  His  power,  of  His  glory,  of  His  inter- 
est in  all  the  spirits  that  are  sent  to  the 
earth.  He  told  him,  we  may  be  sure,  of  the 
times  that  the  Lord  had  shown  Himself — how 
He  looked,  how  He  spoke,  how  He  came  and 
went.  We  listen  now  with  wonder  to  a  man 
who  has  known  the  Prophet  Joseph  Smith; 
with  what  greater  interest  did  not  Enoch 
listen  to  Adam  who  had  seen  and  talked  with 
God. 

Then  as  he  grew  older,  Enoch  talked  more 
with  the  other  patriarchs,  and  learned  more 
and  more  of  the  earth  to  which  he  had  come, 
and  of  the  duties  that  belong  to  a  godly 
life.  Seth,  who  was  a  perfect  man,  spoke 
often  of  the  goodness  of  God;  Jared,  the 
father  of  Enoch,  who  is  the  earliest  histor- 
ian, taught  his  son  the  growth  and  move- 
ments of  mankind  from  the  time  that  Cain 
slew  his  brother  Abel.  The  other  patriarchs 
taught  those  things  that  had  come  most 
strongly  into  their  lives.  Thus,  though  Enoch 
attended,  perhaps,  neither  college  nor  uni- 
versity, he  was  given  a  better  education  than 


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it  is  possible  to  obtain  in  our  days.  It  is 
written  of  him,  that  he  was  taught  in  all  the 
ways  of  God. 

Before  the  birth  of  Enoch,  an  angel  of  the 
Lord  had  appeared  to  Adam,  had  explained 
the  reason  why  man  should  come  to  earth, 
and  had  taught  the  laws  of  the  Gospel.  The 
Gospel  has  never  been  changed;  it  has  been 
the  same  from  the  first  until  the  present 
day.  Adam,  therefore,  was  baptized  by  be- 
ing brought  under  the  water,  and  later  re- 
ceived the  gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  just  as 
children  are  baptized  and  confirmed,  now-a- 
days.  His  sons  and  daughters  were  like- 
wise baptized,  as  well  as  those  of  their  de- 
scendants who  wanted  to  serve  God.  Enoch 
was  taught  the  principles  of  the  Gospel  from 
his  earliest  childhood;  possibly  Adam,  him- 
self, told  the  child  of  the  visit  of  the  first 
angel  that  brought  the  Gospel  message  to 
the  earth.  In  time  the  boy  was  baptized 
and  confirmed,  and  received  all  the  blessings 
and  rights  that  belong  to  a  faithful  mem- 
ber of  the  Church  of  Christ,  When  Enoch 
was  twenty-five  years  old,  the  authority  of 
the  Holy  Priesthood  was  given  him.  He  was 
ordained  by  Adam,  who  had  received  the 
Priesthood  from  God. 

Enoch  continued  from  that  time  on  to 
perfect  himself  in  his  knowledge  of  God,  and 
grew  strong  in  his  love  for  righteousness. 
Sometime  during  his  early  life  he  was  mar- 
ried, and  when  he  was  sixty-five  years  old,  a 
son,  to  whom  the  name  Methuselah  was 
given,  was  boru  unto  him. 

III.      HIS  MISSIONARY  CALL  AND  PREPARATION. 

From  the  day  that  Cain  had  slain  his 
brother  Abel,  the  world  began  to  grow 
wicked,  for  Cain  and  his  descendants  made 
secret  covenants  with  Satan,  and  refused  to 
keep  the  commandment  of  the  Lord.  The 
works  of  men  were  abominations  in  the  eyes 
of  God;  yet  evil  things  began  to  spread 
among  all  the  sons  of  men.  The  Lord,  in 
His  mercy,  sent  missionaries  among  those 
evil  doers,   to  preach   the  Gospel,  and  the 


coming  of  Jesus  Christ;  but  the  people, 
steeped  in  their  sinful  ways,  turned  away 
and  would  not  listen  to  the  truths  of  salva- 
tion. Then  the  Lord  became  angry  with  the 
wicked,  and  cursed  the  earth  with  a  sore 
curse. 

While  the  world  was  in  this  condition, 
about  687  years  after  the  creation  of  Adam, 
a  call  came  to  Enoch,  who  was  then  sixty- 
five  years  old,  that  filled  his  life  with  work 
up  to  his  last  day.  He  was  journeying  from 
the  land  of  Cainan,  which  was  the  home  of 
Adam  and  his  righteous  descendants,  by  the 
sea,  eastward,  when,  suddenly,  the  Spirit  of 
God  descended  out  of  heaven,  and  rested 
upon  him.  A  voice  spoke  out  of  heaven  at 
the  same  time,  which  commanded  Enoch  to 
go  among  the  wicked  of  the  world  and 
preach  repentance  to  them  and  teach  them 
the  principles  of  the  Gospel.  Enoch  was  a 
humble  man,  who  had  no  thoughts  of  special 
favor  with  the  Lord.  So,  when  the  com- 
mandment came  unto  him,  his  first  thought 
was  not  that  he  was  glad  to  go,  or  that  he 
did  not  want  to  go;  it  was  simply  a  wonder 
that  he,  so  weak  a  man,  should  be  called 
to  perform  so  important  a  mission.  He 
bowed  himself  to  the  earth,  before  the  Lord, 
therefore,  and  said,  «Why  is  it  that  I  have 
found  favor  in  Thy  sight,  and  am  but  a  lad, 
and  all  the  people  hate  me,  for  I  am  slow  of 
speech,  wherefore  am  I  Thy  servant?"  But 
the  Lord  encouraged  and  blessed  him,  and 
promised  him  that  if  he  would  go  forth  in 
obedience  to  this  call,  he  should  be  given 
greater  power  of  speech,  and  no  man  should 
do  him  harm;  the  mountains  should  flee  and 
the  rivers  be  turned  from  their  courses  be- 
fore him  and  he  should  walk  with  the  Lord 
thereafter.  Thus  came  the  call  to  Enoch; 
and  with  no  murmur  of  dissent,  he  prepared 
himself  for  his  new  ministry. 

The  period  of  preparation  that  now  fol- 
lowed was  most  holy,  to  judge  from  the 
fragments  of  history  that  have  come  down 
to  us.  Enoch  went  at  once  to  the  first  par- 
ent, to  be  ordained  and  set  apart  for   his 


ENOCH. 


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ministry.  Adam  laid  his  hands  upon  him, 
and  blessed  him  by  the  power  of  the  Holy 
Priesthood.  Later,  the  Lord  spoke  to  Enoch 
and  commanded  him  to  anoint  his  eyes  with 
clay  and  then  to  wash  them.  When  this  had 
been  done,  the  vision  of  Enoch  was  so  much 
strengthened  that  he  could  see  things  that 
are  not  visible  to  the  natural  eye.  He  saw 
the  spirits  that  God  had  created,  and  the 
mysteries  of  God's  kingdom.  From  that  time 
on,  he  was  called  a  seer,  raised  up  by  the 
Lord.  At  another  time,  as  Enoch  stood  in  a 
place  called  Mahujah,  crying  unto  the  Lord, 
a  voice  came  out  of  heaven,  commanding  him 
to  go  up  on  the  mount  called  Simeon.  There 
he  was  clothed  upon  with  glory;  he  saw  the 
heavens  open,  and  the  Lord  came  and  stood 
before  his  face,  and  the  two  talked  together, 
even  as  men.  The  Lord  showed  Enoch,  on 
Mount  Simeon,  the  things  that  were  to  hap- 
pen to  the  world  for  many  years  to  come. 
Thus  Enoch  was  prepared  for  his  mission  by 
blessings  and  instructions  from  holy  men, 
and  from  God  himself. 

IV.      HIS    MINISTRY. 

From  the  time  he  was  65  years  old  to  the 
end  of  his  days,  Enoch  preached  the  Gospel 
of  repentance  to  all  the  sons  of  men.  He 
went  forth  among  the  people,  and  sought  out 
all  prominent  places,  where  he  could  be  seen 
and  heard  easily,  and  there  he  told  those 
who  listened  to  him,  of  the  existence  of  the 
Almighty  Father,  of  the  coming  of  Jesus 
Christ,  and  of  the  principles  of  truth,  which, 
if  obeyed,  would  lead  men  to  eternal  salva- 
tion. He  prophesied  many  things  of  the 
future,  and  revealed  the  secrets  of  men's 
hearts  so  plainly,  that  the  people  flocked 
about  him  in  astonishment,  saying  that  "there 
is  a  strange  thing  in  the  land;  a  wild  man 
hath  come  among  us.»  In  their  ignorance 
and  unbelief  they  could  only  think  that  the 
power  of  prophecy  was  the  product  of  a 
crazy  brain. 

But  when  Enoch  continued  to  remind  the 
people  of  their  sins,  and  preached  repent- 


ance, on  every  occasion,  Satan  stirred  up 
hate  in  the  hearts  of  men  against  this  mighty 
prophet.  However,  when  wicked  men  sought 
to  lay  hands  of  violence  on  him,  fear  came 
upon  them,  and  they  trembled  and  could  not 
stand  in  his  presence.  Enoch  walked  with 
the  Lord,  and  the  angels  of  heaven  sur- 
rounded him,  so  that  no  earthly  power  could 
injure  him.  He  became  known  in  all  the 
countries  of  the  world,  and  he  was  feared 
for  his  great  power,  and  for  the  influence  of 
his  spirit.  Still,  though  he  spoke  with  power 
and  showed  many  wonders,  few  of  the  people 
took  his  warnings  to  heart,  and  followed  the 
Lord;  the  large  majority  preferred  to  con- 
tinue in  the  pursuit  of  their  sinful  desires. 
The  few  who  repented,  and  tried  to  follow 
the  Lord,  were  separated  from  the  great 
mass  of  mankind,  and  were  called  the  people 
of  the  Lord. 

At  various  times,  Satan  inspired  the  hearts 
of  the  sons  of  men  with  such  hate  towards 
all  that  was  good,  that  they  sought  to  de- 
stroy those  who  had  forsaken  sin  and  obeyed 
the  call  of  the  Lord.  Once  the  sons  of  men 
came  up  to  battle;  but  the  people  of  God 
were  led  by  Enoch,  whose  terrible  presence 
overcame  the  enemy.  He  spoke  the  word  of 
God,  and  the  earth  trembled  and  the  moun- 
tains fled,  the  rivers  were  turned  from  their 
courses,  and  the  roar  of  lions  was  heard  out 
of  the  wilderness.  At  his  word,  land  came 
out  of  the  depths  of  the  sea,  and  the  fear- 
stricken  enemies  of  the  people  of  the  Lord 
fled  and  stood  upon  this  new  land.  The  Lord 
cursed  all  the  people  which  fought  against 
him;  and  from  that  time  forth  there  were 
wars  and  bloodshed  among  them,  and  the 
fear  of  the  Lord  was  upon  all  nations. 

In  this  manner  did  Enoch  labor  among  the 
sons  of  men.  365  years  was  the  length  of 
his  mission,  yet  did  wickedness  and  unbelief 
increase.  All  these  years  did  Enoch  walk 
with  the  Lord,  and  did  grow  in  holiness,  un- 
til he  was  as  no  other  man  had  been  before 
him.  The  glory  of  God  rested  upon  him  con- 
tinually. 


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THE  JUVENILE  INSTRUCTOR 


In  the  240th  year  of  Enoch's  mission,  Adam, 
who  was  927  years  old  and  bowed  down  with 
age,  called  all  his  righteous  posterity  to- 
gether in  the  valley  of  Adamondi-Ahman, 
and  gave  them  his  last  blessing.  At  this 
solemn  meeting  the  Lord  appeared,  and  gave 
comfort  to  Adam,  after  which  the  first  man 
stood  up  and  prophesied  of  the  things  that 
should  befall  his  posterity  even  down  to  the 
last  day.  At  the  end  of  the  meeting  all  the 
descendants  of  Adam  rose  up  and  blessed 
their  venerable  father,  and  called  him  Mich- 
ael, the  Prince,  the  Archangel.  Cheered 
with  the  inspiring  scenes  of  this  memorable 
meeting  in  the  valley  of  Adam-ondi-Ahman, 


Enoch  continued  his  mission  among  the  sons 
of  men.  Three  years  later,  a  great  sorrow 
came  upon  Enoch  and  the  whole  world — the 
first  man,  Adam,  died,  and  passed  away  from 
earth. 

John  A.  Widtsoe. 

(TO    BS   CONTINUED.) 

DENIAL  AND  POSSESSION. 

I  think  God  sometimes  sends  what  we  have  cried 
for 
Year  after  year  in  vain, 
To  prove  to  us  how  poor  the  things  we've  sighed 
for 
And  how  beset  with  pain. 


THE  WIDOWS  MITE. 


Mama  told  me  a  beautiful  story, 

Which  she  said  was  surely  most  true; 

And  it  made  me  feel  ever  so  happy, 
That  I'm  going  to  tell  it  to  you: 

Twas  about  a  poor,  sad,  lonely  widow, 

Who  lived  so  long,  long  ago, 
In  God's  city,  the  ancient  Jerusalem, 

When  Jesus  dwelt  down  here  below. 

Very  poor  was  this  God-fearing  widow, 

So  poor,  she'd  but  little  to  give 
For  tithing  and  gifts  to  the  temple, 

For  she  must  toil  hard  e'en  to  live. 

Yet  she  started  out,  Mama  said,  one  day, 

To  take  to  the  temple  her  all — 
The  Book  says  she  had  but  the  two  mites, 

And  we  all  know  that  mites  are  quite  small. 


Now  it  happened  that  Jesus  sat  near  there, 
And  what  do  you  think  He  then  said, 

As  He  saw  her  throw  in  both  her  small  mites — 
This  woman  who  toiled  for  her  bread? 

Why,  he  said  she'd  done  better  than  all  there; 

While  the  rich,  out  of  much,  gave  a  part, 
The  widow  had  brought  all  she  owned,  there, 

And  had  given  it  with  cheerful  heart. 
I 

And  now  I'm  so  very  contented, 

While  often  I  used  to  feel  sad, 
When  I'd  think  how  much  tithing  my  folks 
paid, 

And  I  only  my  five  small  cents  had. 

But  now  I  shall  offer  my  five  cents, 
And  the  Savior  will  look  down  in  love, 

And  the  angel  will  record  the  child's  mite, 
With  the  widow's  in  heaven  above. 

Nellie. 


THE   WIDOW'S   MITE. 


For  Our  Little  Folks. 

EDITED    BY    LOUISA    L.    GREENE    RICHARPS. 


JEM'S  BIRTHDAY. 


ITTLB  JEM  lives  in  Canada.     His 

b  birthday  is  on  the  17th  of  March. 
That  is«Relief  Society  day,»so  Jem's 
birthday  is  sure  to  be  celebrated. 
Last  year  when  he  was  six  years 
old,  for  his  birthday  he  received  a 
a  nice  fruit-cake,  which  had  trav- 
eled all  the  way  from  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah.  His  aunts  had  sent 
it  to  him  by  a  friend;  he  was  delighted 
when  he  saw  it,  and  more  so  when  he 
tasted  it.  What  a  treat  it  seemed,  to  be  sure. 
He  wanted  all  the  little  boys  he  knew  to  have 
a  piece  of  his  cake  which  had  come  from  so 
far  away.     It  did  not  last  long,  but  Jem  en- 


joyed dividing  it  with  his  friends  far  more 
than  he  would  have  enjoyed  eating  it  all  him- 
self. 

Jem  has  a  sister  Lillie,  who  was  then  four 
years  old  and  a  sweet  little  singer.  This  is 
one  of  the  songs  she  sang  for  her  brother  on 
his  birthday: 

MY  KITTY. 
There  is  not  in  all  the  city, 
A  kitty  half  so  pretty, 

As  mine  with  her  snow  white  fur; 
And  I  talk  to  her  all  day, 
As  we  romp  about  and  play, 

And  this  is  what  I  say  to  her. 

chorus: 
0,  kitty,  I'm  so  happy, 
And  the  reason  is  you  see, 


FOR  OUR  LITTLE  FOLKS. 


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I'm  trying  to  be  good  today, 
As  good  as  I  can  be. 

And  kitty,  let's  be  jolly. 
For  fretting  is  a  folly, 

We'll  be  glad  at  work  or  play; 
And  I  said  we  must  be  good, 
And  I  think  she  understood, 

For  we've  sung  our  happy  song  all  day. 

After  dinner,  Jem  harnessed  up  his  dog, 
Toby,  and  took  his  sister's  doll  for  a  ride  on 
Toby's  back;  and  they  had  great  fun.  They 
have  also  a  baby  sister;  and  Jem  and  his  lit- 
tle sisters  are  good  and  happy  children  who 
love  each  other  dearly. 

The  picture  here  shows  the  three  happy 
children  and  the  kitty  playing  «Blindman's 
Buff.»  Baby  Sarah,  who  is  blind-folded,  is 
catching  Lil  lie's  kitty,  and  she  and  Jem  are 
laughing  very  hard  over  it.  But  you  can  see 
Lillie  feels  a  little  afraid  that  kitty  may  be 
handled  too  roughly,  and  Baby  Sarah's  hand 
may  be 'scratched  by  kitty's  sharp  claws. 

Lula. 
jt 

JUNE  FIRST,   NINETEEN    HUNDRED  AND 
ONE. 

The  children  of  the  Latter-day  Saints  all 
know  that  the  first  of  June  is  the  anniver- 
sary of  the  birthday  of  President  Brigham 
Young,  the  wise  and  kind  Prophet,  the  great 
and  good  man  who  led  their  parents  to  these 
valleys  of  the  mountains,  and  taught  them 
to  build  here  peaceful  and  beautiful  homes. 
It  is  one  hundred  years  today  since  Brigham 
Young  was  born.  Almost  the  youngest  of 
the  children  who  can  read  this,  can  now 
reckon  and  tell  in  what  year  of  our  Lord  the 
birth  of  Brigham  Young  occurred.  Learn  it 
and  remember  it,  little  ones. 


As  one  who  was  favored  to  know  President 
Young  personally,  I  [want  "to  tell  the  chil- 
dren today  one  lesson  that  he  strove  to  keep 
before  his  beloved  people,^which  has  been  of 
the  greatest  value  to  thousands  of  them.  He 
used  to  try  very  hard  to  impress  upon  them 
the  lesson  given  in  the  fortieth  verse,  and 
forty -second  section  of  the  Book  of  Doctrine 


PRESIDENT   BRIGHAM   YOUNG   IN   HIS  FIFTIETH 
YEAR. 

and  Covenants.  «And  again,  thou  shalt  not 
be  proud  in  thy  heart;  let  all  thy  garments 
be  plain,  and  their  beauty  the  beauty  of 
the  work  of  thine  own  hands." 

This  lesson  is  good  for  all?  people,  young 
and  old,  now  as  well  as  seventy  years  ago, 


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THE  JUVENILE  INSTRUCTOR. 


when  it  was  given  of  the  Lord  to  the  Proph- 
et Joseph  Smith.  And  I  would  like  all  the 
dear  children  to  study  and  remember  and 
profit  by  it. 

Here  is  a  recitation  for  our  little  folks, 
which  was  written  for  a  child  who  recited  it 
in  a  first  of  June  celebration  some  years 
ago. 

ANGEL  GUIDES. 

Just  as  the  May  moon's  ended, 
At  the  sweet  June  roses'  birth, 

As  spring  with  the  Summer  blended, 
Came  a  baby  boy  to  earth. 

The  sunshine  shimmered  brightly, 

Softly  his  angels  sung, 
His  parents'  hearts  beat  lightly, 

And  they  named  him  Brigham  Young. 

Little  they  knew  the  story 

The  world  would  hear  some  day; 

But  angels  of  light  and  glory 
Guided  him  all  the  way. 

E'er  prompt  to  heed  their  voices, 

He  became  a  leader,  too; 
Now  how  the  earth  rejoices, 

O'er  what  he  was  led  to  do. 

A  shepherd  true  and  tender, 
This  land  with  the  Saints  he  filled; 

Behold  the  Temple's  splendor. 
God  taught  him  how  to  build. 

His  work  on  the  earth  was  finished, 
He  died,  'twas  the  Father's  will; 

But  his  power  was  not  diminished, 
He's  a  guide  and  a  leader  still. 

Often  we  think  he  can  hear  us, 

Sensing  our  joy  or  distress; 
We  feel  he  is  often  near  us, 

To  comfort  and  aid  and  bless. 


The  closer  such  guides  we  treasure, 

Following  in  and  out, 
The  more  we  shall  find  true  pleasure 

The  less  be  burdened  with  doubt. 

If  we  visit  the  temple  often, 

Doing  our  duty  besides, 
Our  spirits  and  hearts  will  soften, 

Till  we'll  know  our  Angel  Guides. 

L.  L.  G.  R. 

TO  THE  LETTER-BOX. 

New  Meetinghouse  Dedicated. 

Layton,  Davis  Co.,  Utah. 
Our  baby  died  last  fall.  I  am  eleven  years 
old.  In  Sunday  School  I  am  in  the  second 
intermediate  class.  My  pa  is  Bishop  of  the 
West  Layton  ward.  We  have  a  new  meet- 
inghouse. It  was  dedicated  on  Sunday, 
March  31.  We  had  with  us  president  Joseph 
F.  Smith  and  Apostle  John  W.  Taylor,  with 
a  number  of  the  High  Council  and  Bishops  of 
other  wards.  We  had  a  good  meeting.  Our 
meetinghouse  is  a  large  brick  one. 

Julia  Layton. 
j* 

Healed  of  Hip  Disease, 

Herriman,  Utah. 
I  have  been  troubled  with  hip-disease  and 
Brother  Joseph  E.  Taylor  administered  to  me 
and  I  got  well.  I  am  eleven  years  old.  My 
Sunday  School  teachers'  names  are  Mary 
Butterfield  and  Lizzie  Stocking. 

Lenora  Butterfield. 
*?• 

Thrown  from  a  Buggy. 

Garland,  Utah. 

My  dear  little  friends  who  read  the  Juve- 
nile Instructor:    ■ 

This  is  the  first  time  I  have  ever  written 
to  the  Letter-box.     I  have  a  brother  on  a 


FOR  OUR  LITTLE  FOLKS. 


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mission  in  Germany.  My  papa  was  thrown 
out  of  a  buggy  and  hurt  his  hand  and  made 
it  stiff,  but  it  is  all  right  now.  I  am  eleven 
years  old.  May  God  bless  all  the  little  Lat- 
ter-day  Saints   is   the    wish   of    your  new 

friend, 

Dessie  Gleason. 

Likes  Fastday  and  Fishing. 

Fairview,  Utah. 
I  should  feel  quite  lonesome  without  my 
good  friend  the  Juvenile  Instructor.  I 
like  to  go  to  Sunday  School,  especially  on 
fast-day,  when  we  can  bear  our  testimonies.  I 
tend  my  prayers  every  night  ;don'  t  think  I  could 
sleep  very  good  if  I  did  not.  My  papa  runs  the 
grist  mill,  and  I  enjoy  fishing  in  the  mill  race. 
I  am  nine  years  old.  We  have  a  nice,  new 
meetinghouse,  it  is  heated  by  steam. 

Hugh  Brody. 

Thankful  for  Blessings. 

Porterville,  Utah. 
We  have  good  Sunday  Schools  and  Primar- 
ies and  expect  to  start  a  Religion  Class.  I 
am  in  the  second  intermediate  class.  My 
oldest  brother  is  in  Germany  on  a  mission. 
He  has  been  there  fifteen  months.  I  am 
thankful  for  the  Gospel,  and  I  think  we  should 
all  be  thankful  for  the  blessings  we  receive. 
Your  new  friend, 

Athena  Porter. 
j» 

Papa  Coming  Home. 

Lewiston,  Utah. 
I  have  five  brothers.  Three  of  us  are  stay- 
ing with  Grandma  Merrill  while  our  mama 
has  gone  to  Salt  Lake  to  meet  papa.  He  is 
coming  home  from  a  mission  to  Florida.  He 
has  been  gone  two  years.  Baby  brother  will 
not  know  papa,  as  he  was  only  nine  months 


old  when  papa  went  away.  I  am  nine  years 
old.  God  has  been  good  to  us  while  our  pa- 
pa has  been  gone,  and  now  we  must  be  good 
when  we  get  him  home  again.  Miss  Mina  Pond 
is  my  school  teacher.  She  is  very  kind  and 
teaches  us  many  good  lessons. 

Bertrand  Van  Orden. 
j* 

A  Twin  Left   Lonely, 

Cove,  Utah. 
We  take  the  Juvenile;  I  love  to  read  the 
little  letters  that  are  in  it.  I  am  a  twin,  but 
my  little  brother  Hazen  died  the  4th  of  last 
July,  with  heart  disease.  We  were  baptized 
on  our  birthday  in  the  Logan  Temple.  I  am 
nine  years  old  now.  My  little  brother  wrote 
to  the  Letter-box  just  before  he  died,  and 
put  his  letter  away.  We  found  it  after  he 
died.     I  feel  very  lonesome  now. 

Your  little  friend. 

Hazel  Larsen. 
jt 

Our  Late  Editor  Remembered. 

Victor,  Idaho. 
I  am  a  little  boy  eight  years  old.  But  I 
haven't  been  to  school  very  much.  The  rea- 
son is  I  have  been  sick  so  much.  But  I  read 
in  the  second  reader.  I  always  go  to  Sunday 
School  and  I  like  my  teachers  real  well.  I 
know  it  is  right  to  attend  our  meetings,  for 
the  Lord  blesses  us  when  we  do.  And  I 
know  the  Lord  answers  little  children's 
prayers,  for  my  little  brother  and  I  prayed 
for  a  baby  and  He  sent  us  one  of  the  dear- 
est little  brothers  in  the  world.  We  have 
named  him  Rulon.  I  feel  very  sorry  to  know 
that  our  dear  Editor,  President  George  Q. 
Cannon  has  died,  for  I  know  he  is  a  good 
man. 

Silas  L.  Cheney. 


I  KNOW  THAT   MY  REDEEMER  LIVES. 


WORDS  FROM  L.  D.  5.  HYMN   BOOK. 
Andante. 


MUSIC  BY  L  D.  EDWAWS. 


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lives        to        grant     me       rich       sup  -  ply,     He       lives      to      guide     me  with    His      eye.      He 

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lives, 


He  lives.who  once  was  dead, 
to  com  -  fort  rne  when  faint, 
and  While  He  lives  I'll  sing, 


He  lives,  my  ev  -  er  liv  -  ing  head. 
He  lives  to  hear  my  soul's  complaint. 
He       lives,       my    Prophet.  Priest  and     King. 


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lives  to  bless  me  with  His  love, 
lives  to  si  -  lence  all  my  l«\ir- 
lives,     and  grants  me     dai  -  ly    breath, 


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lives     to  plead     for      me    a      ■     bove.  He 

lives     to  wipe       a    -  wav  my  tears.  He 

lives,*  and   I        shall    conquer        death.  He 


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to      bless     in    time    of  need. 

all      blessings      to       im  part 

to       bring  me    safe  -  ly  there 


lives,  my 
lives  to 
lives,       my 


hungry  soul  to  feed, 
claim  my  troubled  heart, 
mansion      to      pre    -    pare, 

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lives 
lives, 
lives 


HIS  GEOGRAPHY. 


Said  little  Ned,  "The  man  who  wrote 

This  big  geography 
Has  surely  made  a  great  mistake 

To  leave  out  little  me. 

"Why,  only  think,  as  now  I  stand 
All  toward  my  left  is  west; 

In  front  of  me  is  north,  and  back 
Is  south,  as  you  have  guessed. 


«A11  on  my  right  is  east,  and  so 

'Tis  very  plain  to  see 
That  north  and  east  and  west  and  south 

Begin  right  here  with  me. 

«So  I  must  write  and  ask  to  have 

My  picture  pasted  in, 
That  other  boys  and  girls  may  learn 

Where  all  these  things  begin." 

Youth's  Companion. 


If  you  do  send  us  $1.60  with 
your  address  and  we  will  send 
you  one  of  our  new  nickel,  stem 
winding,  stem  setting  watches, 
guaranteed  for  one  year.  And 
if  you  want  a  fine  hall,  kitchen, 
bedroom  or  parlor  clock,  send 
for  our  price- list  and  descrip- 
tive. We  have  fifty  different 
kinds  of  clocks  from  $1.00  up  to 
$25.00.  You  have  seen  our  ads 
about  sterling  silver  chain  brace- 
lets with  friendship  heart  at- 
tached, and  of  course  know  our 
reputation  for  right  prices. 

I'ts  McCOMiHAY  &  SHARP,  Now, 

Successors  to  Wm.  HcConahay. 
JEWELERS    AND    WATCHMAKERS. 


|w  The  Elgin  Creamery  Co. 


Headquarters  for 
all  kinds  of  ...  . 


PHONE  4t>9 __— — 


DAIRY  PRODUCTS 

Great  or  Small. 

1PF    PRFflM     AND  FROZEN  DELICACIES 
-^khJ^&LbM-  A  SPECIALTY. 

Mail  Orders  a  Specialty. 

207-211  State  Street,  Salt  Lake  City. 


WHEN    WRITING    PLKASB   MENTION   THIS    PAPER. 


SUMMER  SCHOOL 


IN  THE 


Latter-day    Saints'    Business    College, 

ON  MAIN  AND  COLLEGE  STREETS,  SALT  LAKE  CITY. 
FEE     FOR    THE     COURSE,     ONLY     $IO.OO. 

Facilities  and  Equip- 
ments the  very  best 

Teachers  all  recog- 
nized Leaders 

Tuition  at  cost:  first 
year,  $40;  second, 
$30;  third,  $20; 
single  month,  $6; 
summer  school,  $10 

By  entering  the  Summer 
Term  now,  you  can  get  six 
months'   regular  instruction 

for.  .  .  $25.00 
•  «  THE  «  « 


J.  H.  PAUL,  President. 


B.  S.  HINCKLEY,  Principal. 


.1  OIKS  LARSEN,  Book-kefjilnt' 


Is  designed  especially  for 
Teachers  and  for  Eighth 
Grade  Graduates  and  for 
all  others  that  desire  a 
brief  course. 

Will  last  from 
JUNE  TO  SEPTEMBER 
and  will  g.ve  the  best  of 
instruction  in 

Book-keeping 
Penmanship 
Shorthand 
Typewriting 
English  Grammar 
Cornspo  dence 
Arithmetic 
Etc. 


J.  V.  JENSEN,  Penmanship. 


JAS.  D.  TODD,  Penmanship. 


WILLARD  P.  FUNK,  Typewriting. 

fjJF'  Be  sure  to  call  at  the  L.  D.  S.  Business  College  before  you  enter  any  other  ;  it  is  the  best, 
the  largest,  the  cheapest,  the  most  thorough,  and  gives  the  largest  amount  of  individual  instruction  in 
each  line  of  work. 

(WHBN    WMTIN*   FLKASB    MENTION    TBI*  PAPW*.) 


OUR  OLD  TRADE  MARK. 

J  no.  C.  Swaner, 

Wholesale  and  Retail 

FLORIST 


CUTllES  BROS.   CO. 

Ladies'  Combination  Suits 40 

Ladies'  Worsted  Combination  Suits 1.00 

Ladies'  L.  D.  S.  Knit  Garments $1.00,  $1.25 

Men's  L.  D.  S.  Knit  Garments 1.25  to  $2.25 


We  make  Boy's  and  Girl's  Six  Ply  Worsted 
Stockings,  that  are  the  best  wearing  Hose  in 
America. 


We  make  Men's  Suits  to  order  from  Provo 
Mills  or  Eastern  Cloths. 


Boys'  Knee  Pant  Worsted  Suits,  ages  8  to 
15  at  $4.00,  others  sell  them  at  $5.00  and 
$6  OO. 

Jlen's  Worsted  Suits  in  Black,  Gray  or 
Brown  $10  OO  Suits;  best  in  town  for  the 
money. 


We    sell    all    kinds    of    Underwear    at   bed 
rock  prices.    Orders  by  mail  solicited. 


1032  E.  3rd  South,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

SPECIALITIES,  CARNATIONS, 
PANSIES,  ETC. 

List  Free;   Mail  Orders  Promptly  Filled. 


Cutlet*  Bi*os.  Co., 

36  JVIain  Stfeet, 
Salt  Liake  City,        -        Utah. 


JOHN  HENRY  SMITH,  Prest.      LEWIS  M.  CANNON,  Vlce-Prest.     O.  H.  PETTIT,  Secy.  &  Treas. 


fl**e  You  Soon  to  JVTaFpy? 


If  so,  when  you  furnish  your  home  it  will  pay  you  to  call  and  see  the 
household  goods  carried  by  the 

CO-OP    FURNITURE    CO., 

3«t  33,  35,  37  South  Main  Street,  Salt  Lake  City. 

W.     N.    WILLIAMS,     Superintendent. 


:]Sto 

FOPTY  minutes; 

beweenOcden. 


AMER'M 


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IN 


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Through  Sleeping  an<*  Dining  Cars 


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IFOR  RATES,  TIME  TABLES  OR  DESCRIPTIVE  MATTER.  APPLY  TO  LOCAL  AGENT  RIO  GRANDE  WESTERN  RY 
GEO.  W.  HEINTZ,  General  Passenger  Agent,  Salt  Lake  City. 


WFTKN   WRTTrae    Pl.TCASE  MTWrTOTT  THIS  YXrgS.. 


FERGUS  COALTER  MUSIC  CO., 


Two   Doors  South   Z.  C.   M.   I.,  Salt  Lake   City. 
From  $300.00. 


ORGANS. 

From  $50.00. 


GUITARS.   MANDOLINS. 
BANJOS.    VIOLINS. 

BAND    INSTRUMENTS. 
SHEET    MUSIC 

AND    BOOKS. 


Write  for  Free  Catalogue. 
MAEL  ORDERS  PROMPTIiY  AND  CAREFULLY  FELLED. 


IS  YOUR  HOJHH   IpSURHD? 

Keep  Money  at  Home 

By  Securing  a  Policy  in  the 


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FIRE 


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OF 


UTAH 


HEBER  J.  GRAfiT  &  GO., 

General  Agents. 

20-26   South   Main.     -     -       Salt   Uake   City. 


LIFE 

or  DEATH 


Taking  out  a  policy 
....In  ... 

THE  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO. 

Of  New  York, 

Means  preparing  for  life  If  you  live  or 
for  death  If  you  die  Every  dollar  you 
pay  Into  the  company  is  a  dollar  saved 
and  a  dollar  Invested,  and  will  bring 
you  good  returns.  In  the  event  of 
death  your  family  is  provided  for,  but 

YOU    DON'T    HAVE    TO    DIE   TO    WIN. 

For  further  Information  on  this  im- 
portant subject  apply  to 


RULON  S.  WELLS 

Managing  Agent, 

Offices,   5-10  Commercial   Block, 

SALT  LAKE  CITY,  UTAH. 


Scenic  [ine™  World 


DENVER^ 
RIOGRANDt 
DAI  LROAD. 


W,  THE  POPULAR  THROUGH 
'  CAR  LINE  FROM  THE  -at* 


northwest 
East 


...TO  ALL  POINTS 


R  F.  NEVTNS.  GoictaI  Agem  S.  K.  HOOPER.  G.  P.  &  T. 

SALT  LAiLE  CITY.  UTAH  DENVER. COIXX 


(When  writing  please  mention  this  paper.) 


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Do  You  Take 

THE  DESERET  NEW5? 

Extract  from  a  Letter  Recently  Written  by  President  Lorenzo  Snow: 

"  I  also  hope,  and  I  may  say  it  is  a  wish  very  near  to  my  heart,  that 
the  day  may  soon  come  when  a  copy  of  the  News  will  be  found  in 
the  household  of  every  member  of  the  Church." 


SPECIAL  NOTE. 

As  a  Missionary  Work  we  will  send  the  Semi-Weekly 
News  to  any  one  in  the  outside  world  at  points  where 
there  is  no  organized  branch  of  the  Church,  for  half  price, 
or  $1.00  a  year. 

All  subscribers  to  the  Semi-Weekly  News  are  entitled 
to  receive  the  Saturday  News  (24  pages,  illustrated,  a 
newspaper  and  magazine  combined)  for  81.50  a  year. 

Address  &  •*  jt 

THE  DESERET  NEWS, 

gm.T   UHKE   CITY,  UTAH- 

111  II IH 1 1  IE. 

flEW  SPRING  GOODS. 


* 


§ 


Hammocks 

Base  Balls,  Bats,  Rubber  Balls,  Marbles,  etc. 

New  arrival  of  FINE  STATIONERY, 
PURSES,  POCKET  BOOKS,  ETC 


Mail  Orders  Promptly  Filled. 


Send  for  our  New  Catalogue. 


GANNON  BOOK  STORE 

Salt  Lake  City. 


Next  door  to  Z.  C.  M.  I. 


(When  writing  please  mention  this  paper.) 


Western 

Arms  &  Sporting 

Goods  Co., 

8UCCESSOBS  TO   BROWNINO  BKOS.  OO., 

SALT  LAKE  CITY. 

ARMS,  AMMUNITION 


and  EI5HING  TACKLE. 


BicvclGs,  Cameras 

q"d      PHOTOGRAPIC 
SUPPLIES  *j» 


I* 

Telephone  178. 

115   SOUTH    MAIN    STREET. 


+  OSTEOPATHY. 


M.  BROWDER;the  Os- 
treats      successfully      all 


DR.  D.  M,  BROWDER,  A.H.D.O. 


DR.  U. 
teopathist, 

Chronic  Diseases  common  to  this  cli- 
mate. He  has  entirely  cured  a  number 
of  the  most  stubborn  cases  of  Chronic 
Rheumatism  known  to  the  city.  He 
has  also  cured  a  number  of  bad  cases 
of  Goiter.  Call  at  his  office  and  get 
references  to  the  persons  cured,  and 
talk  with  them. 

Dr.  Browder  treats  all  diseases — 
acute  or  chronic — on  terms  that  all 
can  afford.  Osteopathy,  the  drugless 
science,  leads  the  world  in  the  treat- 
ment of  old  chronic  troubles,  diseases 
peculiar  to  women  receive  special 
attention. 

Dr.  Browder  is  a  graduate  under 
Dr.  A.  T.  Still,  the  founder  of  the 
Science  of  Osteopathy. 

212  D.  F.  WALKER  BUILDING. 


WHKN  WKITING  TO  i.DVMTIBER8  PLEASH  MENTION  THIS    PAPB*. 


JOSEPH      E.     THYLOR, 

UNDERTAKER    &    EMBALMER. 


MANUFACTURER   OF   ALL  KINDS  OF 

Burial  Cases  and  Caskets, 
Office,  Factory  andllWarerooms,  251, 253, 255  E.  First  South  Street. 

Salt   bake   City.  'Phon«  70. 


Dpunkapd 


Protect  yourself  from  this  terror  by  the 
KEELEY  CURE.  A  safe  and  permanent  cure  is 
certain.  Over  300,000  men  and  women  are  today 
blessing  Dr.  Keeley  for  his  marvelous  treatment 
for  the  cure  of  the  liquor  habit.  The  cure  is  pain- 
less, no  abrubt  shutting  off,  but  a  gradual  and 
painless  death  of  the  craving. 

For  proofs  of  the  cure  and  terms  address 

THE  KEELEY  INSTITUTE  OF  UTAH. 

Oor.  First  Soutn:&  Second  East.  P.  O.  480 

SALT    LAKE   CITY,    UTAH. 


WHRREN      PHUL, 

DHRUBR      IN 

Second  Hand  Furniture,  Carpets, 

Liinoleums,  Stoves,  Ete. 

246   State   Stneet,  SHUT  LHKB   CITY. 


Deseret  Chemical  Cleaning  &  Dye  Works. 

TRENCH  DRY  CLEANING 
A  SPECIALTY . 


125  S.  West  Temple  St.  Next  to  Tribune 

'Phone  803  3  R. 


G.  F-  CULiJVIEH  8t  BKO. 

importers  and  dealers  in 
Paints,    Oils     and     Brushes. 

PLATE  AND  WINDOW  GLASS. 

Pioneer  Show  Case  Manufacturers 
All  Kinds  of  Leaded  and  Art  Glass. 
Roof  Pitch  and  Black  Roof  Paints. 


The  New  Twentieth  Centnry  Light 

For  40  CENTS. 

THEfPAN  AHERICAN  ELECTRIC  LIGHT, 

[6-candle  power,  will  burn  from  one  to  three 
hours  with  one  charge  at  a  cost  of  less  than  one- 
fourth  of  a  cent  an  hour.  Greatest  novelty  of  the 
day.  You  can  recharge  it  in  a  few  seconds.  Need 
no  wires  or  dynamos;  will  last  a  life  time;  can  be 
carried  in  your  pocket.  To  introduce  the  new  light 
we  will  sell  a  limited  number  at  the  extremely  low 
price  of  40c  by  mail,  post  paid  to  any  address. 
Enclose  4  dimes,  and  put  2  stamps  on  your  letter 
and  receive  one  by  return  mail  with  full  directions. 
Your  money  back  if  light  is  not  as  represented. 
Address  PAN  AMERICAN  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  CO., 
Dept.  C,  P.  O.  Box  13  SALT  LAKE  CITY,  UTAH 


Eyelid5 


Indicate  eyestrain.  The 
slightest  hint  of  it  should 
not  be  neglected.  We  test 
eyes  free  of  charge,  and 
recommend  glasses  only 
when  they  would  be  bene- 
ficial. 


Gen.  v.  Schramm,  0.  D. 

Rtfracting  and  Manufacturing  Optician. 
208-209  Htlos  Bloek,  Salt  Liake  City- 


(Jl   C.  pi^ICE, 

The  Well-Known  Grocer  who  Conducted 
a  Haln  Street  Store  tor  marw  vcars  has 
recentlv  opened  up  In  the 

CRH1N    BUSINESS, 

Carrying  a  Large  Stock  of<t*<*J* 

GRAIN,  FLOUR,   BALED   HAY,  STRAW 
AND  POULTRY. 


Prices  are   RIGHT.         Delivery  PROMPT. 
Use    Phone    957.         16   B.   3rd    South   Street. 


D.  TURNGPBN        ^s£s> 

Has  just  opened  a  new 

DRUG     STORE, 


20  E.  First  South  Street, 

SALT    LAKE    CITY 

Please  mention  this  paper  when  writing  to  advertisers. 


174  State  Stmt,  (one  door  north  of  his  old  corner,) 
With  a  Fine  Line  of  Drugs,  etc.    Prescriptions  a  Specialty. 
His  famous  RHEUMATIC  REMEDY  always  on  hand. 


$5.00  PRIZE  REBUS. 

A  CHANCE  FOR  ALL. 


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REBUS    BY    VERNON    FELT. 

The  above  Illustrated  sentence  Is  taken  from  an 
advertisement  running  In  this  number.  Any  person 
getting  the  correct  answer  to  this  Puzzle,  will  be 
presented  with  a  J5.00  credit  memorandum  on  ihe 
firm  this  Rebus  represents.  Enclose  2  cent  stamp  for 
reply.    All  answers  must  be  In  by  June  10th. 

The  winner  of  the  $20 prize  In  Bromo-Lax  word  con- 
test for  April  was  Wm.  A.  F.  Matheson— 122  L  st.  Salt 
Lake  City— who  made  2573  words  out  of  the  letters  In 
BromoLax  Cures  Colds. 

iniKLI-     PHPER, 

We  buy  in  car  load  lots  for  our  Mail  Order  De- 
partment, saving  50  per  cent.     We  want  an  agent 
in  every  town.     A  good  chance  for  the  right  per- 
son.    Write  for  samples  and  prices. 
GEORGE  E.  EBERT, 

326  Stale  Street,  Salt  Lake  City. 

RENOVATE  YOUR   HOMES. 


Buy  your  materials 
where  you  can  depend 
upon  getting  what  you 
order.  Write  to  us  for 
Color  Cards  of  Paints  or 
Prices  and  Samples  of  any- 
thing in  our  line. 

Have  you  heard  about 

Asbestine  Cold  Water  Paint 

It  is  <!ood 

and  Very  Cheap. 

Bennett  Glass  &  Paint  Go., 

SUCCESSORS  TO 

SEARS  GLASS  &  PAINT  CO., 


You  generally  take  some  trouble  to 
inquire,  or  look  up  a  good  doctor. 
Why  not  do  the  same  about  the  Opti- 
cian? We  have  been  in  the  optical 
business  since  J 862.  Don't  you  think 
we  know  a  little  about  our  business? 
Our  chief  aim  is  to  fit  glasses  correctly. 
Examination  free. 

JOHN  DAYNES  &  SONS, 

Refracting  Opticians. 

26  MAIN  STREET,  SALT  LAKE  CITY. 

We  are  the  educated  Opticians. 


ROYHb    B.   YOUNG,   President. 
J.   O.  YOUNG,    Secretary. 

Y0UflG  BROS.  GO. 

ESTABLISHED     1878 — - 

Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in 

Weber,  Blasius,  Vose  &  Sons,  Richmond, 
Krell  and  Royal  Pianos. 

$150.00  and  up. 

Domestic,  Standard,  New  Home,  Sewing 
Machines 

$18.50  and  up. 

Bicycles  from  $20.00. 

MUSIC    BOXES   AT    ALL    PRICES. 


Everything  known  In  Musical 
Instruments,  Musical  Merchan- 
dise.   Cameras  and  Photo.  Supplies. 


Copies  Sheet  Music,  40c  and 
50c,  while  they  last  for 


5C 


67  (Q.  First  Sooth  Si 

(When  writing  please 


Young     Bros.    Co. 

38  |Hain  Strait,  Salt  Lake  City. 

mention  this  paper.) 


FISCHER  PIANOS, 

THE  PEOPLES'  FAVORITE. 

115,000  IN  USE. 

Sold  on  Easy  Payments. 

SBND     POR     CKTALOGUE. 

DAY NES  MUSIC  CO.,       74  Uain  Street>  Sa/t  Lake  c'*y- 


If    You   Want  To   Borrow      .      . 

If    You   Want  To   Invest 

If    You   Want   Highest  Interest  On 


MONEY  I 

Qo  to  R.    H.  SCHETTLER,  32  S.  East  Temple.  Opp.  Co-op. 


R.  L.  POLK,  President. 


ED.  W.  DUNCAN,  Vice-Pres.  and  Treas. 


W.  P.  COOPER,  Sec'y  and  Mgr. 


Offices: 

Detroit. 

Pittsburg. 

Baltimore. 

Philadelphia. 

New  York. 

Chicago. 

Fort  Wayne. 

Toledo. 

Indianapolis. 

Columbus. 

Grand  Rapids. 

Joliet. 

St.  Paul. 

Minneapolis. 

Duluth. 

Superior. 


Member  Association  of  American  Directory  Publishers. 

R.  L.  Polk  &  Co. 

PUBLISHERS 

Salt  Lake  City,  Ogden,  Provo,  Park  City,  Logan,  Pueblo, 
Trinidad.  Florence,  Canon  City,  Grand  Junction  and 
Boise  City  Directories,  Utah  State  Gazetteer,  Cali- 
fornia State  Gazateer,  and  over  ioo  City  and 
State  Directories.      Salt  Lake  City  and 
Ogden  Elite  Directory. 


Offices  and  Library: 

305-306-307  Auerbach  Building. 

162  South  Main  Street. 


Te'ephone  709-2  Rings. 


SALT  LAKE  CITY,   UTAH. 


Offices: 

Sioux  City. 
Des  Moines. 
St.  Louis. 
Memphis 
Little  Rock. 
Helena. 
Butte. 
Anaconda. 
Great  Falls. 
Seattle. 
Tacorna. 
Spokane. 
Portland,  Ore. 
San    Francisco. 
Ogden. 
Pueblo. 


WESTERN     DENTHL    CO., 

First   Door  to   Right. 
Second   Flooi". 


BEST    SET     OF     TEETH 
$8.00  HI 

Crown  and  Bridge  Work  Specialties. 

TEETH  EXTRACTED  POSITIVELY  WITHOUT    PAIN. 

WM.  BROADBENT,  D.D.S.,  Proprietor. 


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PHONE  128. 

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FURNITURE t 

We  have  a  fine  line  of  chairs,  Settees, 
etc.,  in  Willow,  Bent  Wood,  Rattan 
and  Rush,  suitable  for  the  Porch  or 
Lawn.     Also  a  large  assortment  of 

HBWMQCKS 

at  very  low  prices.  Write  us  what 
you  want. 

-I.    DINWOODEY    FURNITURE    CO., 

SALT  LAKE  CITY. 


THE  DELICIOUS  BRCAKERST  POOD. 
TRY  IT,   AND  YOU  WILL  STHY  BY  IT. 


Peery  Brothers  "Wheat  Flakes" 


Which  possess  q' flavor  To  be  found 
in  nooiher  bred  Kfasf  food.    -*    *    <* 

A.WARDED   SPECIAL   GOLD  MEDAL  AT 
UTAH  STATE  FAIR,  1900. 


A  Creditable  Hcrre  Industry.     At  all  Grocers. 


f}  K.  Thomas  Dry  Goods  Co., 

67,  69,  71   MAIN  STREET. 

We  Invite  Attention  to  our  Immense  Line  of  WASH  SHIRT  WAISTS. 
50c  Shirt  Waists,  29c  ,  75c  Shirt  Waists,  50c  ;  $1.25  Shirt  Waists,  75c  ; 
$1.75  Shirt  Waists,  98c.  Flannel,  Henrietta  and  Mohair  Waists,  40  per 
cent  off.    We  have  nice  line  of  Silk  Waists. 

Q.  K.  Thomas  Dt*y  Goods  Co. 


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It  is  well  known  that  this  famous  institution 
was  originally  organized  for  the  importation 
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GENERRL    MERCHANDISE. 

Growing  continuously,  it  is  now  the  most  reliable  place  in  Utah  for  the  purchaser  of 
Dress  and  Dry  Goods,  Notions,  Wraps,  and  Garments,  Boots,  Shoes  and  Clothing,  Car- 
pets and  Wall  Paper,  Groceries,  Stationery,  Hardware,  Tinware,  Crockery,  Glass, 
Stoves,  Ranges,  Tools,  Drugs,  etc.,  whether  the  intent  be  to  buy  at  Wholesale  or  Retail. 


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MT.  G.  WEBBCP,  Superintendent. 
♦      MAIN  STREET,  - 


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